Buckets of Water into the Ocean: Non-public Revenue in Public Charter and Traditional Public Schools
Document Type
Report
Publication Date
6-9-2015
Keywords
Public charter schools, funding inequities, revenue disparities, school reports
Abstract
The funding of K-12 education remains a contentious public policy issue. Questions of funding adequacy and equity across school sectors, school districts and individual schools are prominent in discussions of how to improve educational outcomes, especially for students from disadvantaged backgrounds (Downes & Stiefel 2008; Ladd 2008). Although scholars are divided regarding the extent to which money affects student outcomes in K-12 education (Jackson, Johnson, & Persico 2015; Hanushek, 1997; Burtless 1996), there is basic agreement that more education revenue is better so long as the increased resources are directed towards productive educational activities and programs (Murnane & Levy 1996). If you ask education practitioners, the majority will say that more resources will make their schools better.
Citation
Batdorf, M., Cheng, A., Maloney, L. D., May, J. F., & Wolf, P. J. (2015). Buckets of Water into the Ocean: Non-public Revenue in Public Charter and Traditional Public Schools. School Choice Demonstration Project. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/scdp/5