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- Title
Reforming Public School Finance: Proposals and Pitfalls.
- Authors
Cresswell, Anthony M.
- Abstract
The article examines the proposals offered for reform in public school finance with special reference to the book "Private Wealth and Public Education," by John Coons, William Clune and Stephen Sugarman. There is a seductive simplicity in the approach of these authors to the reform of school finance. They argued that there is inequality of educational opportunity in the schools. Some schools spend much more than others. School revenue is determined by tax effort. If more than the standard amount is raised, the excess goes to the state and if less amount is raised, the state subsidizes. The authors defined equality of educational opportunity in terms of dollars. Educational opportunity depends on educational programs that work. Educational reform which does nothing about improving educational programs is an empty promise. The allocation of funds from the state to local school districts is the foundation of the relationship between state and local school administration. To propose massive school finance reform, which ignores the remainder of the public finance sphere is self-defeating. School finance and budget decisions are not made in a vacuum.
- Subjects
EDUCATIONAL finance; PUBLIC schools; PRIVATE Wealth &; Public Education (Book); SUGARMAN, Stephen; CLUNE, William; COONS, John; EDUCATIONAL equalization; REVENUE; EDUCATIONAL programs
- Publication
Teachers College Record, 1972, Vol 73, Issue 4, p477
- ISSN
0161-4681
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/016146817207300409