Money, Mandates, and Local Control in American Public Education.
Material type:
- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780472026739
- Education--United States--Finance
- Educational accountability--United States
- Education and state--United States
- Educational equalization--United States
- Educational change--United States
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy bisacsh
- EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General bisacsh
- 379.73
- LB2825
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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