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Handbook of research in education finance and policy
Publisher
Routledge
Publication Date
2008
Language
English
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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 K. Wong
Educational goals: a public perspective / Richard Rothstein and Rebecca Jacobsen
Quantitative research methods in education finance and policy / Patrick J. 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 D. 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 N. Plank and BetsAnn Smith
Charter schools / Robert Bifulco and Katrina Bulkley
Beyond the rhetoric: surveying the evidence on vouchers and tax credits / Ron Zimmer and Eric P. 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 G. Chambers
Resource needs for educating linguistic minority students / Russell W. Rumberger and Patricia Gándara
Challenges and strategies associated with rural school settings / John W. Sipple and Brian O. 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 R. Bailey.
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