William A Owings, Leslie S Kaplan

American Public School Finance

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Designed for aspiring school leaders, this text presents the realities of school finance policy and issues, as well as the tools for formulating and managing school budgets.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• 3rd edition
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 251mm x 175mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9781138499966
• ISBN-10: 113849996X
• Artikelnr.: 57174787

Autorenporträt

William A. Owings has been a teacher, principal, assistant superintendent, and superintendent of schools. He serves on the editorial advisory board of the Journal of Education Finance and is Professor of Educational Leadership at Old Dominion University, USA. Leslie S. Kaplan has been a teacher, school counselor, and is now a retired school and district-level administrator and full-time education writer. She also serves on the editorial board of the National Association for Secondary School Principals Bulletin.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Misconceptions about School Finance
Chapter 2. History of School Finance in the United States
Chapter 3. The Legal Framework for Financing Public Education
Chapter 4. Education as an Investment in Human Capital
Chapter 5. Taxation Issues
Chapter 6. Fiscal Capacity and Fiscal Effort
Chapter 7. Equity, Adequacy, and Fiscal Efficiency
Chapter 8. The Structure of School Finance Systems
Chapter 9. Demographics and School Finance
Chapter 10. Budgeting: Applying Policy Values
Chapter 11. Spending and Student Achievement
Chapter 12. Critical and Emerging School Finance Issues