Title: Getting the Most Bang for the Education Buck
Author(s): Frederick M. Hess, Brandon L. Wright
Publisher: Teachers College Press, New York
ISBN: 9780807764404 Pages: 192, Year: 2020
Few school-spending skeptics argue that money can’t help; rather, they fear that funds will be spent on things that they deem unlikely to make a difference for students. And responsible champions of more spending concede that of course it matters how those funds are spent. In other words, nearly everyone agrees that spending is never just about “how much,” but also a matter of “how.” Yet there’s still a surprising lack of attention devoted to strategies for spending funds wisely and effectively. Our new book, “Getting the Most Bang for the Education Buck,” and this essay are meant to help with that.
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