How and where the education dollar is spent

Future of Children

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 51-62

  Monk, David H ^a   Pijanowski, John C ^a   Hussain, Samid ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET; DECISION MAKING; DISABILITY; EDUCATION; FINANCE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; PATIENT COUNSELING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; SCHOOL; SPEECH THERAPY;

EID: 0031403710     PISSN: 10548289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1602445     Document Type: Review

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