School Finance: A Policy Perspective

This text is the preeminent text in the school finance course. With newly organized and updated features, data, and cases, this text presents a clear, comprehensible discussion of how recent research in school finance, resource allocation and use for higher performance, and site-based management may impact the funding of our nation s schools. Material in this fifth edition is designed to be fully accessible for students at both the masters and doctoral levels.

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