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Schoolhouses, courthouses, and statehouses : solving the funding-achievement puzzle in America's public schools /

Spurred by court rulings requiring states to increase public-school funding, the United States now spends more per student on K-12 education than almost any other country. Yet American students still achieve less than their foreign counterparts, their performance has been flat for decades, millions...

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Main Author: Hanushek, Eric A. (Eric Alan), 1943-
Other Authors: Lindseth, Alfred A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2009.
Subjects:
Public schools > United States > Finance.
Academic achievement > United States.
Electronic books.
dissertations.
Academic theses.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9781400830251
1400830257
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Just how important is education?
  • U.S. education at a crossroads
  • The political responses
  • Court interventions in school finance
  • Practical issues with educational adequacy
  • The effectiveness of judicial remedies
  • Science and school finance decision making
  • A performance-based funding system
  • Making performance-based funding a reality.

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