Conference Paper

Do state governments matter?: a review of the evidence on the impact on educational outcomes of the changing role of the states in the financing of public education


Abstract: This paper focuses on three sets of changes to the school finance landscape, and attempts to summarize the evidence on the effects of these changes on education quality and, ultimately, on the extent of inequality in American society.

Keywords: Education;

Status: Published in Education in the 21st century: meeting the challenges of a changing world

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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Part of Series: Conference Series ; [Proceedings]

Publication Date: 2002

Volume: 47

Issue: Jun

Pages: 143-180