Susan E. RayEDU 5741
Economics and Finances of Education
Dr. Professor Kevin McGuire, Ph.D. Summer 2006
"The bricoleur does not merely focus on achieving desired outcomes, but also weighs
the implications of these consequences."
Course Description: A study of public school financing at the local, state, and national levels of government within the context of the current fiscal constraints in educational support. Considers taxation theory and practice, state and federal aid concepts and formulae. Analyze trends in sources and methods of school financing in light of recent court decisions and mandates.
School Finance: Achieving High Standards with Equity and Efficiency explores traditional economic and political models and contemporary issues within the current social, political and economic context. It enables readers to see the political and judicial forces at work in shaping school finance policy. It also provides the reader with tools drawn from economics to analyze the impacts of those policies in terms of equity, adequacy, efficiency, and liberty. Readers examine the financial implications of systemic reform, including centralized goal setting and accountability via standards, curricula and testing; decentralized reforms via school-site decision making; and family choice of schooling through charter schools and vouchers for low-income families. School finance experts, political analysts, school administrators.
Class Presentation: Rethinking Allocations
Beyond this course I have had to develop and balance my school's budget:
