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Money, Mandates, and Local Control in American Public Education.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2011Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (209 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780472026739
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Money, Mandates, and Local Control in American Public EducationDDC classification:
  • 379.73
LOC classification:
  • LB2825
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Equity and Control in School Funding -- 2. Mechanical Advantage? : How the Piper Link May Work -- 3. The More Money We Come Upon : Finance Centralized and Negative Local Autonomy -- 4. Sharks and Wolverines : The Effect of School Finance Centralization in Vermont and Michigan -- 5. Taxes and Tocqueville : Local Control and Public Opinion in School Finance Reform -- 6. What Boiled the Frog : Unfunded Mandates and the Real Problem with Centralized-Level Funding -- 7. No Child Left Behind and the Power of 5 Percent -- 8. Brave New World : Local Control and the Future of American Education -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Summary: State and federal governments supply a fraction of school funding yet enjoy disproportionate control over education policy.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Equity and Control in School Funding -- 2. Mechanical Advantage? : How the Piper Link May Work -- 3. The More Money We Come Upon : Finance Centralized and Negative Local Autonomy -- 4. Sharks and Wolverines : The Effect of School Finance Centralization in Vermont and Michigan -- 5. Taxes and Tocqueville : Local Control and Public Opinion in School Finance Reform -- 6. What Boiled the Frog : Unfunded Mandates and the Real Problem with Centralized-Level Funding -- 7. No Child Left Behind and the Power of 5 Percent -- 8. Brave New World : Local Control and the Future of American Education -- Notes -- References -- Index.

State and federal governments supply a fraction of school funding yet enjoy disproportionate control over education policy.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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