Skip to main content

Sage Social Science Thesaurus

Search from vocabulary

Content language

Concept information

social science subjects > sociology > sociology of education > educational policies > funding of schools
... > social science subjects > education > education studies > sociology of education > educational policies > funding of schools

Preferred term

funding of schools  

Definition

  • The primary sociological relevance of K-12 public school funding in the United States lies in its unequal distribution. Understanding the sources of unequal school funding is an issue of concern to the subfields of sociology of education, social stratification (inequality), and political sociology. [Source: Sociology of Education: An A-to-Z Guide; Funding of Schools]

Broader concept

Belongs to group

URI

https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/funding_of_schools

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD