American Public School Finance 2nd Edition by WILLIAM A. OWINGS【ebook】

American Public School Finance 2nd Edition by WILLIAM A. OWINGS

ISBN-13: 9781111838041
ISBN-10: 1111838046

As the saying goes, if you want to know the real story, “follow the money.”
One can easily see what people value by where they spend their resources.
The same holds true for local, state, and federal government spending. This
is the essence of school finance.
Most students anticipate school finance to be a rather dull and boring
topic. They expect it will be a class in accounting practices and Excel spreadsheets,
stressing credits, debits, and maintaining ledgers. Nothing could be
further from the truth. As we examine local, state, and federal education
spending, you will come to understand the “big picture” of school finance,
deepen your appreciation for public education’s contributions to our communities
and nation, become competent players in the state and local finance
issues arena, and develop into proactive supporters for education finance
reform. In short, as stated in ISLLC Standard 6a, 6b, and 6c, you will be
able to understand, respond to, and influence the political, social, economic,
legal, and cultural context of school finance in society.