An Analysis of School Funding at the Student Level | A Detailed Look at How School Sites Allocate Each Education Dollars to Each Child within That School. Equal? Fair? Some Preferred? Money Wasted?

Timothy Scully

ISBN 10: 3639150953 / ISBN 13: 9783639150957

Published by VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2009

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An Analysis of School Funding at the Student Level | A Detailed Look at How School Sites Allocate Each Education Dollars to Each Child within That School. Equal? Fair? Some Preferred? Money Wasted? | Timothy Scully | Taschenbuch | Englisch | VDM Verlag Dr. Müller | EAN 9783639150957 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

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• Title: An Analysis of School Funding at the Student Level | A Detailed Look at How School Sites Allocate Each Education Dollars to Each Child within That School. Equal? Fair? Some Preferred? Money Wasted?
• Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3639150953
• ISBN 13: 9783639150957
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 150W x 9H x 219D millimeters 150 millimeters width by 9 millimeters height by 219 millimeters depth
• Weight: 285 grams
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

Brown v Board removed the notion of ?separate but equal' that had defined who could attend which school by a child?s race. In California, Serrano v Priest determined that an areas wealth could not be used as a discriminating factor when allocating dollars for a child?s education, thus equalizing the amount of the State contribution to each child. The Prop. 13 tax revolt removed about 80% of the local control from School Districts and School Boards. Where the above actions addressed access and equity, no one had addressed what the cost should be to provide an adequate education. Those clamoring for adequacy are being joined by others calling for efficiency in spending. This work gives a detailed look at how each dollar allocated per child is spent. You will see a startling spending range between children. This piece does not deal with academic outcomes. At the start of this study, the author was looking at production function models and cost-benefit analysis as means of determining if student outcomes where affected by spending. In each case multiiple variables clouded the effort to apply a business model to an education setting. No doubt it can be done.

About the Author

Dr. Scully earned his doctorate at USC in 2004 in Educ. Policy and Administration emphasizing school financé. He has taught at Loyola-Marymount Univ. and USC. He taught H.S. for 21 years was a principal for 11 yr and was named California High School Principal of the year by California and the US Dept. of Education among many other awards.