Federal Solutions to School Fiscal Crises: Lessons from Nixon's Failed National Sales Tax for Education

Educational Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-57

  Venters, Monoka ^a   Hauptli, Meghan V ^a   Cohen Vogel, Lora ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

education politics; federalism; school finance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857729581     PISSN: 08959048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0895904811425913     Document Type: Article

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