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Product Identifiers

PublisherHarvard Education Press

ISBN-101682532429

ISBN-139781682532423

eBay Product ID (ePID)28038571425

Product Key Features

Number of Pages288 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameEducational Inequality and School Finance : Why Money Matters for America's Students

Publication Year2018

SubjectEducational Policy & Reform / General, Administration / General, Educational Policy & Reform / Federal Legislation, Finance, General

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaEducation

AuthorBruce D. Baker

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight14.3 Oz

Item Length8.9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2018-028242

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal379.1210973

Table Of ContentTable of Contents 1. Why Money Matters 2. School Finance 101 3. Money Myths and Misdirections 4. How Schools Use Money 5. School Finance Reforms and Results 6. State Funding Formulas and District Disparities 7. The Erosion of Equity and Adequacy 8. Evaluating Education Innovations 9. Applying High-Quality Cost Analysis to School Finance Policy 10. Equitable, Adequate, and Sustainable School Funding Notes Acknowledgments About the Author Index

SynopsisIn Educational Inequality and School Finance , Bruce D. Baker offers a comprehensive examination of how US public schools receive and spend money., In Educational Inequality and School Finance , Bruce D. Baker offers a comprehensive examination of how US public schools receive and spend money. Drawing on extensive longitudinal data and numerous studies of states and districts, he provides a vivid and dismaying portrait of the stagnation of state investment in public education and the continuing challenges of achieving equity and adequacy in school funding. Baker explores school finance, the school and classroom resources derived from school funding, and how and why those resources matter. He provides a critical examination of popular assumptions that undergird the policy discourse around school funding--notably, that money doesn't matter and that we are spending more and getting less--and shows how these misunderstandings contribute to our reluctance to increase investment in education at a time when the demands on our educational system are rising. Through an introduction to the concepts of adequacy, equity, productivity, and efficiency, Baker shows how these can be used to evaluate policy reforms. He argues that we know a great deal about the role and importance of money in schools, the mechanisms through which money matters for student outcomes, and the trade-offs involved, and he presents a framework for designing and financing an equitable and adequate public education system, with balanced and stable sources of revenue. Educational Inequality and School Finance takes an issue all too often relegated to technical experts and makes it accessible for broader public empowerment and engagement.

LC Classification NumberLB2825.B325 2018