Finance

The American Opportunity Tax Credit (AOTC) is a temporary tax provision that provides financial assistance to taxpayers whose children (or who themselves) are attending college. The AOTC is scheduled to expire at the end of 2017, at which point Congress...

This book analyses the terms and conditions of Federal Student Loans and Pell Grants. Discussed in this compilation are the terms and conditions of federal student loans made under the Federal Family Education Loan Program and the William D. Ford Federal...

In fiscal year 2012, various VA education programs provided nearly $11 billion in education payments to almost 1 million veterans. The 2008 Post-9/11 GI Bill significantly increased education benefits for veterans and provided separate payments for...

The tremendous growth of international trade over the past several decades has both affected and been affected by of globalization. The volume of world trade since 1950 has increased twenty-folds-from $320 billion to $6.8 trillion, which exceeds...

School business officials looking for solutions to the problems of financing building projects will want to add this useful guide to their bookshelf. A supplement to School Business Affairs, it offers advice and guidance to school business officials who...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780833027658Author Michael TimpaneFormat PaperbackPage Count 265Imprint RANDPublisher RANDWeight(grams) 408g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780833029324Author Susan BodillyFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint RANDPublisher RANDWeight(grams) 272g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780833037954Author Lynn A. KarolyFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint RANDPublisher RANDWeight(grams) 63g

This book helps school administrators see the many contradictions between the underlying concepts of traditional collective bargaining and the important goals that many school districts seek today, especially decision making based on the informed...

At a time of increasingly curtailed school budgets, this book identifies potential funding sources for schools in the United States faced with the challenge of securing money from outside agencies to support innovative educational programmes. The authors...

Focusing on an important emerging issue in United States' education - school reform via privatization - this book is designed to meet three major goals: to examine the foundations and the context of the privatization movement; to review the evidence on...

`I have reviewed and indeed written books on grantwriting and this is by far the most comprehensive and clear guide to grantwriting ever. The clarity of direction, including sample pages and charts, makes this a winner from beginning to end' - Lee Mahon,...

This book provides insight into the generation of local money for public education in the United States.Book InformationISBN 9780803964068Author David H. MonkFormat HardbackPage Count 168Imprint Corwin Press IncPublisher SAGE Publications...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781568330792Author Barry BeckhamFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Madison BooksPublisher Madison BooksWeight(grams) 308gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 151mm *...

How "innovative" finance schemes skim public wealth while hijacking public governanceCharter school expansion. Vouchers. Scholarship tax credit programs. The Swindle of Innovative Educational Finance offers a new social theory to explain why these and...

Teaching has many rewards, including the opportunity to change young people's lives and make a meaningful difference in a community every day. However, despite the important work they do, teachers often find themselves struggling to survive on a teaching...

Student loans make up the nation's second largest consumer debt market, surpassing all other categories of consumer debt aside from mortgages. Servicers are a critical link between borrowers and lenders. They manage borrowers' accounts, process monthly...

Student loan forgiveness and loan repayment programs provide borrowers a means of having all or part of their student loan debt forgiven or repaid in exchange for work or service in specific fields or professions or following a prolonged period during...

The William D Ford Federal Direct Loan (DL) program is the primary federal student loan program administered by the U.S. Department of Education (ED). The program makes available loans to undergraduate and graduate students and the parents of dependent...

This book provides an analyses of expenditures and income factors relating to school districts use of funds. Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) requires that schools receiving funds under Title I receive state- and...

Educational evaluation has been used as inquiry and judgement methods in order to optimise the evaluation object in relation to its intended purposes or to help stakeholders determine whether the evaluation object is worthy of adoption, continuation, or...

Decentralisation and school empowerment reforms have become popular restructuring initiatives, receiving much attention both in academic publications and in research coming mostly from decentralised states, such as the United States, Canada, Australia,...

This book presents the latest developments related to the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, legislation to extend and revise the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), which was signed into law as P.L. 107-110 (H.R. 1). This legislation...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781475873252Author Michael T NietzelFormat HardbackImprint Rowman & Littlefield EducationPublisher Rowman & Littlefield

Concern for achieving Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015 has led to a focus on the role that non-state providers (NSPs) can offer in extending access and improving quality of basic services. While NSPs can help to fill a gap in provision to...

This is a discussion of the heated debate raging on the American nation's schools, with proposals ranging from imposing national standards to replacing public education altogether with a voucher system for private schools. This study proposes a solution...

This title offers new ideas on fundraising. "Healthy and Sustainable Fundraising Activities" offers innovative and thoughtful schemes that raise money for your cause without compromising the physical activity, health and ecological messages...

This book uses a multi-dimensional conceptual framework to demonstrate how neoliberal forces have been manifested through changes to K–12 public education finance policy in British Columbia, Canada between 2001 and 2015.The text offers in-depth critical...

Since its original publication in 1952, Fosdick's book has been the single most reliable treatment of one of the most important philanthropies in the United States and indeed the world. Fosdick served as president of the foundation for twelve years, from...

A book worth reading for anyone interested in issues of access and state postsecondary education policy. The clear strength of Martinez's book is in its creative use of data, presented in a style free of the kind econometric jargon that sails over the...

Money and Schools explains and demonstrates the relationship between money and equality of educational opportunity in a way that is clear, precise, and engaging. Grounded in research and best practices, this book provides a broad overview of school...

This title was first published in 1984: This text provides a source of citations to North American scholarships relating specifically to the area of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. It indexes fields of scholarship such as the humanities,...

This review of the furious national debate over school choice examines the benefits of choice for children, families, and schools-and shows how properly designed choice programs can prevent the harmful outcomes opponents fear.Book InformationISBN...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789814881678Author Wan Saiful Wan JanFormat PaperbackPage Count 31Imprint ISEASPublisher ISEASWeight(grams) 148g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789815009774Author Lillian KohFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Pte LtdPublisher Marshall Cavendish...

This title was first published in 1984: This text provides a source of citations to North American scholarships relating specifically to the area of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. It indexes fields of scholarship such as the humanities,...

Over the past thirty-five years, federal courts have dramatically retreated from actively promoting school desegregation. In the meantime, state courts have taken up the mantle of promoting the vision of educational equity originally articulated in Brown...

This book demonstrates how a participatory approach to assessment and accreditation in their new forms creates a synergy for learner-centered education. It is a guide to approaching the accreditation process from a campus-wide perspective of ownership -...

In the most anticipated decision of its 2002 term, the Supreme Court ruled that the school voucher program in Cleveland, Ohio, did not violate the Constitution's ban on the ""establishment"" of religion. In this book, the authors...

Sponsored by the Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP), the second edition of this groundbreaking handbook assembles in one place the existing research-based knowledge in education finance and policy, with particular attention to elementary...