A review of the property tax system of financing education in Ontario provides historical background for the consideration of alternative approaches to reform. The problem of declining enrollment lends a sense of immediacy to the discussion. The present system of finance is found to be unsatisfactory because of inequities in property assessment…

This paper seeks a plan for financing education in Ontario that minimizes the disruptive effects of declining enrollment and changing enrollment patterns, is sensitive to the limitation of resources, and provides clear channels of authority and responsibility between citizen and policy maker. The author considers the alternatives for placing the…

Remarks that the Kenyan government and parents of school-age children are overburdened by their responsibility for financing secondary and higher education, stating that additional sources of funding must be found. Suggests alternative avenues such as other public sources, private sources, sources within the educational system itself, and sources…