American public school finance

Reference & Research Book News, August, 2005

LB2826

2005-920270

0-534-64372-8

American public school finance.

Owings, William A. and Leslie S. Kaplin.

Wadsworth Publishing Co., [c]2006

392 p.

$89.95

Owings (educational leadership, Old Dominion University) and Kaplan, an assistant principal for instruction with the Newport News, Virginia, public schools, examine local, state, and federal education spending in this text for students in educational administration. After an introductory chapter on common misconceptions about school finance and student achievement, the text covers areas such as the legal framework for financing public education, school finance as investment in human capital, taxation issues, equity and adequacy, and the structure of school finance systems.