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| Contributors | |
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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Perspectives on Education Finance and Policy | |
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| History and Scholarship Regarding United States Education Finance and Policy | |
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| The Role of Economics in Education Policy Research | |
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| The Past, Present and Possible Futures of Educational Finance Reform Litigation | |
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| Education Finance from the Perspective of Politics, Political Cultures and Government | |
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| Educational Goals: A Public Perspective | |
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| Quantitative Research Methods in Education Finance and Policy | |
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| The Evolution of Comparative and International Education Statistics | |
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| Making Money Matter | |
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| Toward an Understanding of Productivity in Education | |
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| Teachers Matter, but Effective Teacher Quality Policies Are Elusive | |
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| School Accountability and Student Achievement | |
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| School Competition and Student Outcomes | |
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| Promoting Equity and Adequacy | |
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| Conceptions of Equity and Adequacy in School Finance | |
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| Measuring Equity and Adequacy in School Finance | |
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| Measurement of Cost Differentials | |
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| Intergovernmental Aid Formulas and Case Studies | |
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| Education Equity in an International Context | |
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| Changing Patterns of Governance and Finance | |
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| The Changing Federal Role in Education Finance and Governance | |
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| The Role of Nongovernmental Organizations in Financing Public Schools | |
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| Equity, Adequacy and the Evolving State Role in Education Finance | |
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| Local Funding of Schools: The Property Tax and Its Alternatives | |
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| Tax and Expenditure Limits, School Finance and School Quality | |
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| Educational Markets and Decentralization | |
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| Issues in Educational Privatization | |
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| Autonomous Schools: Theory, Evidence and Policy | |
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| Charter Schools | |
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| Beyond the Rhetoric: Surveying the Evidence on Vouchers and Tax Credits | |
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| Home Schooling | |
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| Educational Management Organizations | |
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| Race, Ses and Achievement Gaps | |
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| Patterns and Trends in Racial/Ethnic and Socioeconomic Academic Achievement Gaps | |
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| Early Childhood and the Achievement Gap | |
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| Increasing the Effectiveness of Teachers in Low-Performing Schools | |
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| Educational Outcomes of Disadvantaged Students: From Desegregation to Accountability | |
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| Special Circumstances | |
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| Special Education | |
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| Resource Needs for Educating Linguistic Minority Students | |
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| Challenges and Strategies Associated with Rural School Settings | |
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| The Organizational and Fiscal Implications of Transient Student Populations | |
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| Higher Education | |
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| The Financing of Public Colleges and Universities in the United States | |
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| Cost and Pricing in Higher Education | |
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| The Effects of Education on Labor Market Outcomes | |
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| The Student Aid System: An Overview | |
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| Bridging the High School-College Divide | |
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| Index | |