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Where Does the Money Go?: Resource Allocation in Elementary and Secondary Schools (Yearbook of the American Education Finance Association)
Where Does the Money Go Resource Allocation in Elementary and Secondary Schools - Yearbook of the American Education Finance Association Author:Lawrence O. Picus, James L. Wattenbarger Policymakers and the public in general want to know how schools and districts spend the tax funds they receive. Even though the real dollar amount spent on each pupil is going up, performance measures have remained flat or declined. Until now, there have been few comprehensive sources for understanding how educational resources are used. This u... more »nique book provides educators with an understanding of how tax dollars are spent--from the district level all the way down to the students in the classroom. The authors of each chapter, all distinguished educators, give you the facts and show you what effect those expenditures actually have on the school lives of pupils and classroom teachers. Picus and Wattenbarger have created an invaluable tool that will help educators, and other proponents of our public schools, explain the flow of educational resources. Here are the statistics and the research results that can help inform the debate over how much should be spent on our children's education and how those funds should be used. Sixteenth yearbook of the American Education Finance Association (AEFA).« less