Sponsored by the American Education Finance Association (AEFA), this groundbreaking new handbook assembles in one place the existing research-based knowledge in education finance and policy, thereby helping to define this evolving field of research and practice. It provides a readily available resou...

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Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	New York [u.a.] Routledge 2008
Ausgabe:	1. publ.
Schlagworte:	Education / Finance / Handbooks, manuals, etc Erziehung Education > Finance > Handbooks, manuals, etc Bildungsökonomie Bildungspolitik Aufsatzsammlung
Zusammenfassung:	Sponsored by the American Education Finance Association (AEFA), this groundbreaking new handbook assembles in one place the existing research-based knowledge in education finance and policy, thereby helping to define this evolving field of research and practice. It provides a readily available resource for anyone seriously involved in education finance and policy in the United States and around the world.
Beschreibung:	Includes bibliographical references and index History and scholarship regarding United States education finance and policy / Matthew G. Springer, Eric A. Houck, and James W. Guthrie -- The role of economics in education policy research / Dominic J. Brewer ... [et al.] -- The past, present, and possible futures of educational finance reform litigation / William S. Koski and Jesse Hahnel -- Education finance from the perspective of politics, political cultures and government / James W. Guthrie and Kenneth Wong -- Educational goals: a public perspective / Richard Rothstein and Rebecca Jacobsen -- Quantitative research methods in education finance and policy / Patrick McEwan -- The evolution of comparative and international education statistics / Stephen P. Heyneman and Chad R. Lykins -- Toward an understanding of productivity in education / Jennifer King Rice and Amy Ellen Schwartz -- Teachers matter, but effective teacher quality policies are elusive / Dan Goldhaber -- School accountability and student achievement / David N. Figlio and Helen F. Ladd -- School competition and student outcomes / Brian Gill and Kevin Booker -- Conceptions of equity and adequacy in school finance / Bruce D. Baker and Preston C. Green -- Measuring equity and adequacy in school finance / Thomas A. Downes and Leanna Stiefel -- Measurement of cost differentials / William Duncombe and John Yinger -- Intergovernmental aid formulas and case studies / Lawrence O. Picus, Margaret Goertz and Allan Odden -- Education equity in an international context / Edward B. Fiske and Helen F. Ladd -- The changing federal role in education finance and governance / Nora E. Gordon -- The role of nongovernmental organizations in financing public schools / Janet S. Hansen -- Equity, adequacy, and the evolving state role in education finance / Sean P. Corcoran and William N. Evans -- Local funding of schools: the property tax and its alternatives / Therese J. McGuire and Leslie E. Papke -- Tax and expenditure limits, school finance, and school quality / Thomas A. Downes and David N. Figlio -- Issues in educational privatization / Henry M. Levin -- Autonomous schools: theory, evidence and policy / David Plank and BetsAnn Smith -- Charter schools / Robert Bifulco and Katrina Bulkley -- Beyond the rhetoric: surveying the evidence of vouchers and tax credits / Ron Zimmer and Eric Bettinger -- Home schooling / Clive Belfield -- Educational management organizations / Gary Miron -- Patterns and trends in racial/ethnic and socioeconomic academic achievement gaps / Sean F. Reardon and Joseph P. Robinson -- Early childhood and the achievement gap / Susanna Loeb and Daphna Bassok -- Increasing the effectiveness of teachers in low-performing schools / Don Boyd, Hamilton Lankford, and James Wyckoff -- Educational outcomes of disadvantaged students: from desegregation to accountability / Douglas N. Harris -- Special education / Jenifer J. Harr, Tom Parrish, and Jay Chambers -- Resource needs for educating linguistic minority students / Russell W. Rumberger and Patricia Gándara -- Challenges and strategies associated with rural school settings / John Sipple and Brian Brent -- The organizational and fiscal implications of transient student populations / Kieran M. Killeen and Kai A. Schafft -- The financing of public colleges and universities in the United States / Paul E. Lingenfelter -- Cost and pricing in higher education / William F. Massy -- The effects of education on labor market outcomes / Jessica Goldberg and Jeffrey Smith -- The student aid system: an overview / Sandy Baum -- Bridging the high school-college divide / Thomas Bailey
Beschreibung:	xxii, 762 p. ill. 27 cm
ISBN:	0203961064 0805861440 0805861459 9780805861440 9780805861457