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Peer reviewedNelson, F. Howard – International Journal of Educational Reform, 1992
Debunks eight misconceptions concerning U.S.'s alleged "lavish" spending on education in comparison to other countries. The share-of-national-income approach and measures of per pupil spending are frequently misinterpreted and often exclude education need and education resource cost. Nations with an expensive, highly productive labor force and a…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Context Effect, Cost Effectiveness, Economic Factors
