A core text for all masters level students of educational administration, this text is the first one to ever use computer simulations to extend the discussions of school finance formulas into the application stage. Two user friendly simulations allow students to manipulate various school finance formulas and analyze their fiscal, polical and equity impacts.

School Finance: A Policy Perspective

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Odden, Allan R.

Picus, Lawrence O.

Psychology & Counseling

Mcgraw-Hill College

Completely updated, 60% revised, this is a clear, concise discussion of how recent research in school finance, resource allocation and use for higher performance, site-based management of schools, and teacher compensation may impact the funding of our nation’s schools in the opening years of the new millenium. As a core text for all masters level students of educational administration, this text is the first to use computer simulations to extend the discussions of school finance formulas into the application stage. A password-required, user-friendly Microsoft Excel (PC and Mac) simulation, available at the McGraw-Hill School Finance Web site, for free download to adopters of the second edition, allows students to manipulate various school finance formulas and analyze their fiscal, political and equity impacts. This updated financial simulation (chapters 4 and 5 and Appendix) provides state data sets (for Illinois, Vermont, and Wisconsin) to allow for real-time comparisons of school finance equity across states. The last five chapters are thoroughly and substantially revised and describe current activities in school finance, recent research, and suggestions for the future. The second edition has revised discussions of important school finance issues: school finance litigation with an extended focus on adequacy (chapter 2), politics in the 1990s and its impact on school finance (chapter 6), allocation and use of educational resources (chapter 6), improving educational productivity (chapter 7), effective use of educational resources (chapter 8), school-based finance mechanisms (chapter 9), performance incentives (chapter 10), teacher compensation (chapter 11), and barriers to reform (chapter 12).

McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

This text is the preeminent text in the school finance course. With newly organized and updated features, data, and cases, this text presents a clear, comprehensible discussion of how recent research in school finance, resource allocation and use for higher performance, and site-based management may impact the funding of our nation’s schools. Material in this fifth edition is designed to be fully accessible for students at both the masters and doctoral levels. Instructors and students can now access their course content through the Connect digital learning platform by purchasing either standalone Connect access or a bundle of print and Connect access. McGraw-Hill Connect® is a subscription-based learning service accessible online through your personal computer or tablet. Choose this option if your instructor will require Connect to be used in the course. Your subscription to Connect includes the following: • SmartBook® - an adaptive digital version of the course textbook that personalizes your reading experience based on how well you are learning the content. • Access to your instructor’s homework assignments, quizzes, syllabus, notes, reminders, and other important files for the course. • Progress dashboards that quickly show how you are performing on your assignments and tips for improvement. • The option to purchase (for a small fee) a print version of the book. This binder-ready, loose-leaf version includes free shipping. Complete system requirements to use Connect can be found here: http://www.mheducation.com/highered/platforms/connect/training-support-students.html

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

McGraw=Hill

Leveraging Resources for Student Success: How School Leaders Build Equity

This user-friendly guide presents practical solutions for ensuring quality education for all students, regardless of socioeconomic status and cultural heritage. 

Burke, Mary Ann

Baca, Reynaldo

Jones, Cathy E.

Corwin

This user-friendly guide presents practical solutions for ensuring quality education for all students, regardless of socioeconomic status and cultural heritage.

Developing Community-Empowered Schools

Drawing from their 20 years of experience working with parents, community volunteers, teachers, and school site administrators, the authors present a concise, easy-to-understand approach to building and working with these powerful allies.

Business & Money

Education & Reference

Drawing from their 20 years of experience working with parents, community volunteers, teachers, and school site administrators, the authors present a concise, easy-to-understand approach to building and working with these powerful allies.

The education system in the United States, and its principle of creating equal opportunity in a democratic society, is failing many children. Dissatisfaction with the system has never been higher. Based on a study of New York schools, this comprehensive book examines how social justice issues relate to outcome equity in education, and suggests ways of using resources more effectively in order to improve learning results.

Outcome Equity in Education: 1994 AEFA Yearbook (Yearbook of the American Education Finance Association)

Berne, Robert

Across the United States, there is growing pressure for greater accountability in how schools spend the tax revenue they receive. This volume summarizes the emerging research in educational resource allocations at district, school and classroom levels in an effort to address this need.

Where Does the Money Go?: Resource Allocation in Elementary and Secondary Schools (Yearbook of the American Education Finance Association)

Wattenbarger, James L.

A must-read for anyone involved in school business management, this comprehensive textbook addresses a broad range of topics--from the basics of accounting principles to strategic planning, legal liability, taxation, purchasing, budgeting, and management information systems. Chapters focus on such key issues as total quality management, site-based management, and the future of school business management. Each chapter is designed to serve as a stand-alone teaching unit or as a reference to an area of particular interest.

Principles of School Business Management

Thompson, David C.

Tharpe, Don I.

Wood, Craig R.

Woods, Craig R.

Reference

R&L Education

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Books by Picus, Lawrence O.

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School Finance: A Policy Perspective

School Finance: A Policy Perspective

School Finance: A Policy Perspective

Leveraging Resources for Student Success: How School Leaders Build Equity

Leveraging Resources for Student Success: How School Leaders Build Equity

Developing Community-Empowered Schools

Developing Community-Empowered Schools

Outcome Equity in Education: 1994 AEFA Yearbook (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)

Principles of School Business Management