Foreword

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Foreword V
3. Preface VII
4. Contents XIII
5. Tables XVII
6. Part One. Understanding Public School Spending
7. Chapter I. Facing Future Public School Spending Problems 3
8. Chapter II. Governmental Spending and Public School Expenditures 11
9. Chapter III. Public School Expenditure Trends and Their Causes 37
10. Chapter IV. Variations in Public School Expenditures and Their Meaning 64
11. Chapter V. Political and Social Ideals and Policies Underlying Public School Spending 105
12. Chapter VI. The Economics of Public School Spending 136
13. Part Two. Control and Improvement of Public School Spending
14. Chapter VII. Control of Public School Outlays and Intergovernmental and Interinstitutional Relations 171
15. Chapter VIII. Control of Public School Spending Through Improved Management 210
16. Chapter IX. Control of Public School Spending Through Improved Budgets 237
17. Chapter X. Prudence and Economy in Public School Expenditures 264
18. Chapter XI. Improved Personnel Policies and Economical Expenditures 301
19. Chapter XII. Defensible Spending for Public Schools 335
20. Appendix I. Guide to the Literature on Public School Finance 351
21. Appendix II. General Bibliography 358
22. Index 369