Eleven articles on various aspects of educational finance comprise this document, volume two of the NEFP series. Volume one of this series deals with educational needs, volume three with educational planning and finance, and volume four with the impact of educational finance programs. In general, the material in this volume treats education as a…

This fifty-ninth annual report of the United States Department of Labor for the fiscal year 1971 contains a 6-page report by the Secretary of Labor, 11 separate Federal Department reports, and a variety of appended tables covering such areas as enrollments and funding for various government programs. Detailing the initiation or improvement of a…

This report contains 38 papers on diverse current problems, issues, and trends in educational finance. The most frequent topic of discussion concerns equality of educational opportunity. Some authors attempt a definition of equal opportunity; others present evidence that equal education is not being achieved. Other topics covered in the papers…

Sixty-four conference papers concentrate on a long range view of the future of higher education in America. A diversity of participants -- administrators, faculty, students, trustees, political leaders, lay citizens, minority groups, and women are represented. The presentations are grouped under (1) the View from the State of California; (2) the…

The authors, after discussing the St. Louis school system and its financial history, survey both traditional and innovative construction finance alternatives that have been used across the country. These alternatives, which fall into two categories, include: (1) conventional financing through tax incomes including State and Federal aid, and (2)…

The material in this document is divided into three parts relating to the three debate propositions that: (1) a voucher system should be established as the primary means of financing elementary and secondary education in the United States, (2) governmental financial support for all public elementary and secondary education in the United States…

The 12 presentations and discussions of a two-day conference on the cost of day care, held in May 1971 and attended by experts on the costs, economics, and financial aspects of day care, are provided in this report. The presentations are as follows: "Techniques of Analyzing Costs and Cost-Benefit Ratios for Day Care" by Delroy Cornick; "Strategy…

This book which has been appended as part of the Equal Educational Opportunity hearings of the Senate Select Committee primarily focuses on the thesis that schooling provided to an individual and his subsequent educational achievement and post-school performance are determined to a substantial degree by his social and economic circumstances. The…

This paper examines the present problems of urban school finance in order to determine why urban adjustments are necessary today in the new school finance formulas. It concludes that quality education, including quality integrated education, cannot be obtained by letting funds for urban education diminish. Cutbacks in staff, program offerings,…

This study, which grew out of increasing concern over vocational educators' tendency to seldom look at the "gestalt" of State vocational education organizational structure, shows some potential ways of looking at the vocational education system which have here-to-for not been attempted. This study also provides, for those who have not addressed…

The Department of Agriculture's program for purchasing and distributing commodities for the school lunch program was reviewed in 15 school districts, one very large, one medium sized, and one small school district in each of five states--California, Kansas, Missouri, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. The objectives of the review were to (1) assess the…

The serious financial troubles facing both private and public colleges suggest that additional public resources will be required to preserve and strengthen the dual system of American higher education. It is generally acknowledged that the achievement of the national goals of access and reasonable choice for all who use and can benefit from…

This first issue of a bimonthly newsletter that contains articles relevant to teaching about Chinese Americans at the secondary level is announced on a one time basis. The Association of Chinese Teachers (TACT) has received a grant for 1976-77 to develop secondary-level curriculum materials. This publication is one product of that effort. Other…

Provides parents and other concerned persons with information about some of the family support services and community-based living arrangements that are currently available to assist families in meeting the needs of their children who are severely and profoundly handicapped and/or chronically ill. Discussion includes funding sources, respite care,…

Reviews the rapidly expanding literature on the federal government's involvement in elementary and secondary education, covering research syntheses published in the early 1980's and subsequent unanthologized empirical research and normative commentaries. Identifies trends and themes that surface from this literature, encompassing both empirical…