Making Difficult Times Worse [electronic resource] : The Impact of Per Pupil Funding Formulas on Rural Minnesota Schools / Gregory R. Thorson and Jacqueline Edmondson.

This report examines educational expenditures for all Minnesota public schools for the 1997-98 school year and finds that the cost of educating children in smaller schools was higher than in larger schools. Empirical evidence is presented to demonstrate that a more precise relationship between enrol...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Thorson, Gregory R.
Corporate Author:	Center for Rural Policy and Development (Minn.)
Other Authors:	Edmondson, Jacqueline
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2000.
Subjects:	Educational Equity (Finance) Elementary Secondary Education. Expenditure per Student. Funding Formulas. Rural Schools. School Funds. School Size. Small Schools. State Aid.