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Download full textCovert, Timon – US Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1941
Because of the individual authority of each State for its own educational program, practices and policies differ widely among them in many respects. Yet in the midst of differences there are also common elements of development. The U. S. Office of Education, in presenting this series of monographs, has attempted to point out those common elements,…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Public Schools, Financial Support, School Taxes
Allen, James E., Jr. – 1970
One principal set of obstacles preventing public education from having shown more progress in realizing the national objective of equal educational opportunity has to do with the way schools are financed. Resolving problems of school finance is, U.S. Commissioner of Education Allen says, an absolute essential in achieving equal opportunity. Some…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Improvement, Financial Needs, Government Role
National Education Association, Washington, DC. – 1967
States are ranked on 117 items of data that may be used to understand, explain, interpret, and evaluate various aspects of State school systems. The general categories of the listings are (1) population, (2) enrollment and attendance, (3) teachers, (4) educational attainment, (5) financial resources, (6) governmental and school revenues, (7)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Educational Finance, Enrollment
Amato, Josephine – 1972
In this paper, the political and economic forces influencing attempts to reduce the inequalities in education expenditures are examined. Current programs for financing public education (local, State, and Federal) are compared. In general, State-local tax systems are found to be regressive and improvements are suggested. Inequitability of State aid…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Finance, Educational Opportunities, Educational Policy
National Education Association, Washington, DC. – 1968
States are ranked on 129 items of data that may be used to understand, explain, interpret, and evaluate various aspects of State school systems. The general categories of the listings are (1) population, (2) enrollment and attendance, (3) teachers, (4) educational attainment, (5) financial resources, (6) governmental revenue, (7) school revenue,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Educational Finance, Enrollment
Hughes, Mary F. – 1992
This report examines factors that contribute to the differences in local education funding, per pupil revenue, and local resident ability to support present and future educational services in West Virginia. Based on a variety of data generated during 1989-92, the study indicates: (1) the differences in support for local education are attributed to…
Descriptors: Assessed Valuation, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
