Political Economy of Public Education Finance - Equity, Political Institutions, and Inter-School District Competition

Political Economy of Public Education Finance clarifies organizational, political, and socioeconomic contexts in equity in public education spending, arguing that through appropriate policy and reorganization of school finance, policymakers can reform the organizational and political set-up of school districts for more effective public education.

List of contents

Introduction: Political Economy of Public Education Finance: Equity, Political Institutions, and Inter-School District Competition

Chapter 1: Funding Inequity in Public Education: A Chronicle of the Debates

Chapter 2: Government's Role in Addressing Funding Disparities

Chapter 3: The Ubiquitous School Choice in Public Education and Local Political Leadership in the USA

Chapter 4: A Theoretical Consideration of How School Choice and Political Institutions Affect Funding Inequity

Chapter 5: Empirical Examination of How School Choice and Political Institution Affect Funding Inequity

Chapter 6: Conclusions and Policy Implications

About the author

Catarina Pombo Nabais is a Researcher at the Department of History and Philosophy of Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon and at the Center for Philosophy of Sciences of the University of Lisbon

Summary

Political Economy of Public Education Finance clarifies organizational, political, and socioeconomic contexts in equity in public education spending, arguing that through appropriate policy and reorganization of school finance, policymakers can reform the organizational and political set-up of school districts for more effective public education.

Product details

• Authors: Nandan K Jha, Nandan K. Jha
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2020
• EAN: 9781498590709
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-9070-9
• No. of pages: 142
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Urban, spatial and country planning; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, Urban & municipal planning, Central / national / federal government policies, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Central government policies, Funding of education & student finance, Funding of education and student finance