Table of Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction and Overview
William J. Fowler, Jr.

Expenditures in Public School Districts: Estimates of Disparities and Analysis of Their Causes
Wayne Riddle and Liane White

Teacher Resource Use Within New York State Secondary Schools
David H. Monk, Brian O. Brent, and Christopher F. Roellke

Race, Poverty, and the Student Curriculum, 1975-95: Implications for Public Policy
Nicola A. Alexander

Court-Ordered School Finance Equalization: Judicial Activism and Democratic Opposition
Douglas S. Reed

Principles and Practices in Resource Allocation to Schools under Conditions of Radical Decentralization
Brian J. Caldwell

Building Equity and Effectiveness into School-Based Funding Models: An Australian Case Study
Peter W. Hill

Alternative Options for Deflating Education Expenditures Over Time
Richard Rothstein and Lawrence Mishel

The Productivity Collapse in Schools
Eric A. Hanushek

Evaluating the Effect of Teacher Degree Level on Educational Performance
Dan D. Goldhaber and Dominic J. Brewer