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Improving public schools through performance-based funding 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 of them are
failing, and poor and minority students remain far behind their
more advantaged peers. In this book, Eric Hanushek and Alfred
Lindseth trace the history of reform efforts and conclude that the
principal focus of both courts and legislatures on ever-increasing
funding has done little to improve student achievement. Instead,
Hanushek and Lindseth propose a new approach: a performance-based
system that directly links funding to success in raising student
achievement. This system would empower and motivate educators to
make better, more cost-effective decisions about how to run their
schools, ultimately leading to improved student performance.
Hanushek and Lindseth have been important participants in the
school funding debate for three decades. Here, they draw on their
experience, as well as the best available research and data, to
show why improving schools will require overhauling the way
financing, incentives, and accountability work in public education.
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
of them are failing, and poor and minority students remain far
behind their more advantaged peers. In this book, Eric Hanushek and
Alfred Lindseth trace the history of reform efforts and conclude
that the principal focus of both courts and legislatures on
ever-increasing funding has done little to improve student
achievement. Instead, Hanushek and Lindseth propose a new approach:
a performance-based system that directly links funding to success
in raising student achievement. This system would empower and
motivate educators to make better, more cost-effective decisions
about how to run their schools, ultimately leading to improved
student performance. Hanushek and Lindseth have been important
participants in the school funding debate for three decades. Here,
they draw on their experience, as well as the best available
research and data, to show why improving schools will require
overhauling the way financing, incentives, and accountability work
in public education.
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