This document contains selected proceedings from an Education Finance Workshop. The workshop addressed various perspectives about the appropriateness and cost of some currently popular reform approaches. Two introductory papers are: (1) "Our Task: Building the Links," by Ron Henderson; and (2) "Is Public Education Necessary to a Democratic Society?" by Kern Alexander. Articles that address issues in outcome-based education are: (3) "Outcome-based Education as a Product of Trends in School Finance Litigation and School Reform" (Alan Odden); and (4) "The Outcomes-based Accountability System in Dallas" (Sandy Kress). Part 3, "From Theory into Practice: State Experience with Designing and Funding Reform," contains three articles: (5) "Wisconsin's Experience with Linking Education Reform and Finance" (Charles Lentz); (6) "Kentucky's Experience with Linking Education Reform and Finance" (Gretchen Lampe); and (7) "Michigan's Experience with Linking Education Reform with School Finance" (Al Short). The fourth part contains three articles that address issues related to charters and vouchers: (8) "Choice, Vouchers, and Charter Schools: An Overview" (Louann Bierlein); (9) "Vouchers: A Serious Threat to Public Education" (Bill Comer); and (10) "Charter Schools: Time for a Change?" (Larry Wicks). The final article, by Gary Watts, is entitled, "Defining the Future of Public Education." (LMI)