Adequacy, Accountability, and the Future of Public Education Funding (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2005)

This book is about public education reform and the future of pubHc education funding. Given the many articles, books, and conferences that have focused on the issue of public education reform, it is reasonable to ask whether the world needs still another volume on this subject. In my defense, I would argue that, although there is a large literature on public education reform, there is precious little that tries to sketch the big picture. Too often, both in research and in practice, it is easy to lose sight of the forest, for all the focus on the individual trees. While such detailed analysis is of critical value, that value derives both from its specificity and from its ability to fit into a larger, coherent whole. Unfortunately, our understanding of the public education process is still incomplete and disconnected, particularly with regard to the connections between research, policy, and practice. This book is an attempt to step back for a moment to get one's bearings before jumping headlong back into the forest. It is my hope that this book will be of value to a wide variety of reader- researchers in departments of economics and schools of education, policy makers at all levels, and, of course, the practitioners slogging away in the trenches.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2010
First published:	2005
Authors:	Dennis Patrick Leyden
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	224
Edition:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2005
ISBN-13:	978-1-4419-3615-8
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > General Books > Business & Economics > Finance & accounting > Finance > Public finance > General Books > Money & Finance > Public finance > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4419-3615-7
Barcode:	9781441936158

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