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Fitzsimmons, Edward L. – Journal of Economic Education, 1989
Presents an example that illustrates the connection between taxation of private goods or services and provision of public goods or services. Demonstrates that the burdens of taxation in the private sector can in theory be offset by gains in consumer surplus in the public sector, providing a more balanced view than can be found in many introductory…
Descriptors: Business Cycles, Consumer Economics, Economic Factors, Economics Education
Internal Revenue Service (Dept. of Treasury), Washington, DC. – 1994
This packet contains revisions of the following sections of the "Understanding Taxes" teacher's resource kit: complete revisions of lessons 3 and 4; updated student handouts for lessons 2, 9, and 11; new glossary; and revised software user's guide. Lesson 3, "From W-4 to 1040A," is designed to acquaint students with the basic…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Course Content, Definitions, High Schools
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Internal Revenue Service (Dept. of Treasury), Washington, DC. – 1993
This redesigned version of a high school curriculum on understanding taxes contains 6 units with 12 lessons. The set of video, print, and software lessons is designed to teach students about the United States tax system through integrating the materials in a number of different classrooms: history, economics, math, consumer education, government,…
Descriptors: Citizenship Responsibility, Consumer Education, High Schools, Income
Wood, R. Craig; Honeyman, David S. – 1990
After summarizing the philosophy behind the financing of public schools, this document reviews the division of legal responsibility for education between the state and federal governments; outlines the state's responsibility for providing an equal educational opportunity for its residents; and summarizes the use of federal revenues, state…
Descriptors: Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Rossmiller, Richard A.; Rossmiller, Daniel M. – 1983
Cases related to school finance, in which decisions were handed down in 1982, are reviewed in this chapter. It is observed that the constitutionality of existing state school finance programs was upheld in New York, Colorado, and Georgia, and that litigation was prevalent in the areas of taxation for schools and uses of school revenue. Issues…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Administration, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance
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Marcy, William R. – Social Education, 1990
Presents a simulation in which a student political action committee organizes to protest budget cuts affecting their high school. Seeks to engage students in legal reasoning over First Amendment issues. Poses possible protests, then asks students whether they believe First Amendment rights would protect them. Includes Supreme Court precedents for…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Critical Thinking
Newbury, David N.; Farmakis, George – 1985
Designed for secondary school social studies teachers, this curriculum outline offers suggestions for teaching about the governance, cost, and sources of fiscal support for public education. Although the outline is specifically designed for use by teachers in Michigan, it can be adapted for use in any state. Arranged into five major sections,…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Educational Finance, Educational Policy, Federal Aid
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Eroshin, V. I. – Russian Education and Society, 1996
Investigates the financial structure of Russia's educational system and finds it wanting. Social, political, and economic changes have rendered the old Soviet system dysfunctional and irrelevant. Authorities, however, have failed to create a replacement. Discusses several possible reforms, including creating a national banking system for…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Economic Impact, Educational Administration, Educational Change