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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…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Context Effect, Cost Effectiveness, Economic Factors
