Pennywise and Pound Foolish In Education

Public Administration Times (Vol. 27 - No. 9, September 2004)
September 2004
Marguerite Roza, Paul Hill

Other issues might come and go, but funding of schools is always on the agenda. States are either defending themselves against lawsuits alleging that they are distributing funds inequitably among school districts, or implementing court orders from past litigation. State legislatures and school boards are constantly considering proposals to spend more or less on something, whether teacher salaries, special programs, technology purchases, or new instructional models.