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Public Education as a Business
Lieberman, Myron; Haar, Charlene K. (Both Of Bowling Green State University, Usa)
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Description for Public Education as a Business
Paperback. This work covers details about the real cost of public education - one of America's biggest industries. It shows that government statistics on the costs of public education sustainability understate the actual costs to taxpayers. Num Pages: 248 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNKG; JNL; KJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 326.
This book brings to light fascinating details about the real cost of public education—one of America's biggest industries. It demonstrates that government statistics on the costs of public education substantially understate the actual costs to taxpayers. The phasing in of new and more accurate reporting requirements by 2006 will help in determining the real cost of public education. Controversy over the new reporting requirements will generate a high level of interest among policymakers, school board members, school administrators, professors of education, the media, and others interested in education.
This book brings to light fascinating details about the real cost of public education—one of America's biggest industries. It demonstrates that government statistics on the costs of public education substantially understate the actual costs to taxpayers. The phasing in of new and more accurate reporting requirements by 2006 will help in determining the real cost of public education. Controversy over the new reporting requirements will generate a high level of interest among policymakers, school board members, school administrators, professors of education, the media, and others interested in education.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Lanham, United States
ISBN
9780810847194
SKU
V9780810847194
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99-15
About Lieberman, Myron; Haar, Charlene K. (Both Of Bowling Green State University, Usa)
Myron Lieberman is chairman of the Education Policy Institute, a research and policy organization devoted to market approaches to education and senior research scholar, Social Philosophy and Policy Center at Bowling Green State Unversity, Bowling Green, Ohio. Charlene K. Haar is president of Education Policy Institute and research associate with the Social Philosophy and Policy Center, Bowling Green State ... Read more
Reviews for Public Education as a Business
The authors meticulously support each area with statistics. Highly recommended.
CHOICE
Given the lively policy debates and litigation surrounding school finance, it is surprising that scholars have not done a better job of measuring the social cost of public elementary and secondary education. One can only hope that Lieberman and Haar's careful scholarship will stimulate further research in ... Read more
CHOICE
Given the lively policy debates and litigation surrounding school finance, it is surprising that scholars have not done a better job of measuring the social cost of public elementary and secondary education. One can only hope that Lieberman and Haar's careful scholarship will stimulate further research in ... Read more