Book by Thompson, David C., Wood, R. Craig, Honeyman, David S.

Fiscal Leadership for Schools: Concepts and Practices

Education & Teaching

Wood, R. Craig

Thompson, David C.

Honeyman, David S.

Schools & Teaching

Longman Pub. Group

Money and Schools

* Universally regarded as the most readable and student friendly school finance book on the market. * Includes strong explanations of budgets and budgetary processes. * More manageable and accessible than other texts, while maintaining comprehensive coverage * Authored by three of the nation's top school finance scholars with elite credentials and widespread name recognition. * Rich cases and point-counterpoint feature

Business & Money

Maiden, Jeffrey A.

Accounting

Routledge

Money and Schools explains and demonstrates the relationship between money and equality of educational opportunity in a way that is clear, precise, and engaging. Grounded in research and best practices, this book provides a broad overview of school finance, budgeting, and resource allocation, an understanding of the underlying economic, social, legal, and political principles that drive how schools are funded, as well as a detailed examination of day-to-day funding operations. Rich pedagogical features include chapter drivers, point/counterpoint discussions, case studies, portfolio exercises, and web and recommended resources. This accessible and engaging book offers strong connections to real-world experiences and detailed information on preK–12 funding history, concepts, and current operations for both aspiring and experienced education leaders in school budgeting, finance, and resource management courses. 
New to this edition: Coverage of new concepts and trends, such as the political economy and culture of public education. Inclusion of cutting-edge research on the impacts of money on student learning outcomes. Expanded chapter-by-chapter annotations and recommended resources that point readers to other resources and explain key concepts in greater detail. New online supplemental downloads, including updated PowerPoints for Instructors and chapter-based interactive figures for download.

For both aspiring and experienced education leaders in school budgeting, finance, and resource management courses, Money and Schools explains and demonstrates the relationship between money and equality of educational opportunity. Grounded in research and best practices, this book provides a broad overview of school finance, budgeting, and resource allocation, as well as a detailed examination of day-to-day funding operations. This accessible and engaging book offers strong connections to real-world experiences and detailed information on pre-K–12 funding history, concepts, and current operations. New to this edition: • Cutting edge research on the relationship of money and student learning outcomes, alterations to state aid distribution formulas, new federal education initiatives, and a changing landscape in school finance litigation. • New concepts that have gained traction since the last edition of the book, including school choice and privatization, Common Core State Standards, value-added teacher evaluation, and growth of online options at the K–12 level. • Updated end-of-chapter activities and additional resources that are aligned with the key concepts and content of each chapter. • Online instructor resources

Crampton, Faith E.

Money and Schools explains and demonstrates the relationship between money and equality of educational opportunity in a way that is clear, precise, and engaging. Grounded in research and best practices, this book provides a broad overview of school finance, budgeting, and resource allocation, an understanding of the underlying economic, social, legal, and political principles that drive how schools are funded, as well as a detailed examination of day-to-day funding operations. Rich pedagogical features include chapter opening challenges, chapter drivers, point/counterpoint discussions, case studies, and recommended resources. This accessible and engaging book offers strong connections to real-world experiences and detailed information on pre-K–12 funding history, concepts, and current operations for both aspiring and experienced education leaders in school budgeting, finance, and resource management courses. New to this edition: <ul>
<li>Coverage of environmental sustainability and other emerging trends in this unprecedented uncertainty of schools' economic and social environment.</li> <li>Updates to references and overall funding changes since the previous edition.</li> <li>Revised end-of-chapter activities and additional resources that are aligned with the key concepts and content of each chapter.</li> <li>Updated supplemental downloads, including editable PowerPoints.</li>
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Each state legislature has created a system of state and local monies for the financing of public elementary and secondary education that has evolved over a lengthy period of time. The financing of public education has a long history involving the tension within society in terms of education finance methodology and adjudicating these methodologies relative to various equity agendas, including perceived wrongs in society. This book examines this history and reviews several strategies currently in place in American public schools.

Educational Finance Law: Constitutional Challenges to State Aid Plans-An Analysis of Strategies

Specialties

Education Law Assn

For future principals and others enrolled in courses on School Finance, this book explains and demonstrates the relationship between money and student achievement. 
New to this edition - Includes updated information on the ever-changing landscape of school finance. - Co-author Faith E. Crampton has joined the author team, applying the expertise she has acquired in public education, state government, national education and legislative organizations, and universities. - Chapters now include a section titled âPoint - Counterpointâ, offering opposing views on issues involving money and schools along with incisive questions to help guide classroom debates and/or individual analysis. - Case studies throughout the text provide opportunities to apply the knowledge gained in each chapter. - Also includes web sites and extensive recommended bibliography.

Money & Schools

Wood, Craig

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Fiscal Leadership for Schools: Concepts and Practices

Money and Schools

Money and Schools

Money and Schools

Money and Schools

Money and Schools

Educational Finance Law: Constitutional Challenges to State Aid Plans-An Analysis of Strategies

Educational Finance Law: Constitutional Challenges to State Aid Plans-An Analysis of Strategies

Money & Schools