selected publications
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article
- Policy Brief: The Four Horsemen. Journal of Education Finance. 31:433-436. 2006
- The Bell Curve (Book Review). Journal of Education Finance. 21:291-297. 1995
- The Quadriformi and the Curriculum: An Approach to Economic Efficiency in the Public Schools. Journal of Education Finance. 20:209-221. 1994
- Toward a State School Finance Report Card: A Research Note. Journal of Education Finance. 18:281-285. 1993
- School Finance (Book Review). Journal of Education Finance. 18:211-213. 1992
- The Effect of Constitutional Litigation on Education Finance: A Preliminary Analysis. Journal of Education Finance. 18:180-210. 1992
- Update of Selected States' School Equity Funding Litigation and The 'Boxscore'. Journal of Education Finance. 17:00989495. 1992
- This Issue of the Journal of Education Finance is Dedicated to William Wilkerson: June 5, 1929- June 23, 1989. Journal of Education Finance. 15. 1989
- A Reply to the Forbs Article of the Political Theory of School Finance Revisited: A Victorian Essay. Journal of Education Finance. 12:447-462. 1987
- Financing Education (Book Review). Journal of Education Finance. 9:116-122. 1983
- Precentage of State Funds and Equity in Illinois School Finance. Journal of Education Finance. 7:230-231. 1981
- Progress Toward School Finance Equity Goals in Indiana, Iowa, and Illinois. Journal of Education Finance. 6:176-200. 1980
- The Concept of Fiscal Effort in the Illinois General Purpose Educational Grant-in-Aid: Some Legal and Measurement Problems. Journal of Education Finance. 3:272-278. 1978
- [Review of] School Finance: The Economics and Politics of Public Education. Journal of Education Finance. 4:135-141. 1978
- [Untitled]. Journal of Education Finance. 4:135-141. 1978
- [Review of] Planning for Educational Reform: Financial and Social Alternatives. Journal of Educational Finance. 1:141-157. 1975
- Flash: The (Expletive Deleted) Serrano Pot Boils Again. Planning and Changing. 5:33-35. 1974
- No Wealth Discrimination: Reply from a Conventional School Finance Analyst. Education and Urban Society. 7:88-96. 1974
- Towards a Political Theory of School Finance Reform in the United States. Journal of Educational Administration. 12:57-70. 1974
- After Rodriguez: What?. Educational Digest. 39:5-8. 1973
- Local Demand for Education: A Critique of School Finance and Economic Research circa 1959-1969. Review of Educational Research. 41:35-49. 1971
- Optimum Size of School Districts Relative to Selected Costs. Journal of Educational Administration. 9:178-192. 1971
- Social Stratification, Educational Opportunity, and the Role of State Departments of Education. Educational Administration Quarterly. 5:81-96. 1969
- Dispersion of Human Resources and Fiscal Characteristics Among School Districts in a Metropolitan Area. Educational Administration Quarterly. 3:249-265. 1967
- Ecological Changes within a School District and Expenditure for Education. American Educational Research Journal. 4:241-252. 1967
- Communist Chinese and the American Adolescent Subcultures. China Quarterly. 1965:171-180. 1965
- Reply to Ward: Gettysburg Revisited. Journal of Education Finance. 23:259-262.
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book
- An Embattled and Unapologetic Liberal: Selected Opinion Editorials and Commentaries of G. Alan Hickrod. New York, NY: iUniverse Incorporated. 2005
- A Firebell Ringing in the Night: Increasing Inequalities in Illinois School Finance. Normal, IL: Illinois State University. 1994
- Common Sense: Plain Talk to Legislators about School Finance 1993
- Invictus: Five Advocacy Presentations on Educational Fiscal Policy in Illinois, including Material Relating to the Attempt to Establish Education as a Fundamental Constitutional Right in 1992. Normal, IL: Center for the Study of Educational Finance, Illinois State University. 1993
- School Finance Reform: Equity or Adequacy: A Brief Look at Several Widely Circulated Proposals for Reform. Normal, IL: Center for the Study of Educational Finance, Illinois State University. 1991
- The Long March to Educational Inequality in Illinois: Financial Facts for the Committee versus Edgar. Normal, IL: Center for the Study of Educational Finance, College of Educationa and the Graduate School, Illinoi. 1991
- School Finance Equity: The Courts Intervene: A National Perspective. Elmhurst, IL: North Central Regional Educational Laboratory, U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational R. 1990
- The Biggest Bang for the Buck: A Further Investigation of Economic Efficiency in the Public Schools of Illinois. Normal, IL: Center for the Study of Educational Finance, Illinois State University. 1990
- Special Education Costs and the Impact on Illinois School District Financial Operations. Normal, IL: Center for the Study of Educational Finance, Department of Educational Administration and Foundatio. 1989
- State Support of Higher Education: From Expansion to Steady State to Decline, 1969 to 1989: Including an Illinois Case Study. Normal, IL: Center for Higher Education, Center for the Study of Educational Finance, Department of Educational. 1989
- Guilty Governments: The Problem of Inadequate Educational Funding in Illinois and Other States. Normal, IL: Center for the Study of Educational Finance. 1988
- Measuring and Monitoring Equity, Adequacy, and Efficiency in the K- 12 School Districts in Illinois: A Five Year Agenda. MacArthur/Spencer Project. 1988
- A Brief History of K-12 Finance in Illinois, or, 162 Years in Search of the Perfect Formula. Normal, IL: Center for the Study of Educational Finance, Illinois State University. 1987
- Documenting a Disaster: Equity and Adequacy in Illinois School Finance, 1973 through 1988. Normal, IL: Center for the Study of Educational Finance, Department of Educational Administration and Foundatio. 1987
- The Constitutionality of the K-12 Funding System in Illinois. Normal, IL: Center for the Study of Educational Finance, Illinois State University. 1987
- A Proposed Resource Cost Model Grant-in-Aid System in Illinois: Equity Considerations and Other Observations. Normal, IL: Center for the Study of Educational Finance, Department of Educational Administration and Foundatio. 1985
- Estimating the Cost of Adequate K-12 Educational Expenditure in Selected Midwestern States: An Adjusted Miner/McMahon Approach. Normal, IL: Center for the Study of Educational Finance, Department of Educational Administration and Foundatio. 1985
- Private Sector Support of K-12 Education: A Review of Selected Programs in Seventeen States and Recommendations for Illinois. Normal, IL: Center for the Study of Educational Finance, Department of Educational Administration and Foundatio. 1985
- The Decline and Fall of School Finance Reform in Illinois: A Study of the Politics of School Finance, 1973- 1986. Normal, IL: Center for the Study of Educational Finance, Department of Educational Administration and Foundatio. 1985
- The Illinois General Purpose Grant-in-Aid System, 1973- 85. Normal, IL: Center for the Study of Educational Finance, College of Education, Illinois State University. 1985
- Financial Problems of Central City School Districts in Illinois: An Analysis of Changes in Selected Fiscal Variables and Policy Implications of Those Changes. Normal, IL: Center for the Study of Educational Finance, Department of Educational Administration and Foundatio. 1984
- Proposal for a Venture Capital Grant: A Programmatic Approach to Excellence in Illinois Public Schools. Normal, IL: Center for the Study of Educational Finance, Department of Educational Administration and Foundatio. 1984
- A Pilot Study to Explore the Equity Issues and Problems in Vocational Education in Illinois. Normal, IL: Center for the Study of Educational Finance, Department of Educational Administration and Foundatio. 1983
- The Decline and Fall of School Finance Reform in Illinois: A Study of the Politics of School Finance, 1973- 1983. Normal, IL: Center for the Study of Educational Finance, College of Education Illinois State University. 1983
- A Proposal for the Distribution of Federal Block Grant Fundds in Illinois. Normal, IL: Center for the Study of Educational Finance, Department of Educational Administration and Foundatio. 1982
- Financial Characteristics of U.S. Community College Systems during Fiscal Years 1977 and 1980. Normal, IL: Center for the Study of Educational Finance, Department of Educational Administration and Foundatio. 1982
- The Illinois General Purpose Grant-in-Aid System, 1973- 1982. Normal, IL: Center for the Study of Educational Finance, College of Education Illinois State University. 1982
- Additional Approaches to the Measurement of Equity in Illinois Public School Finance. Normal, IL: Center for the Study of Educational Finance, Department of Educational Administration and Foundatio. 1981
- Characteristics of School Districts Applying for Federal Funds under ESEA, 1974, Title Four, Part C. Normal, IL: Center for the Study of Educational Finance, Department of Educational Administration abd Foundatio. 1981
- Reformation and Counter-Reformation in Illinois School Finance: 1973- 1981. Normal, IL: Center for the Study of Educational Finance, Department of Educational Administration, and Foundatio. 1981
- Equity Measurements in School Finance: Indiana, Iowa, and Illinois. Normal, IL: Center for the Study of Educational Finance, Illinois State University. 1980
- Wealth Neutrality and Conditional Wealth Neutrality as Goals of Special Education Finance in Illinois. Normal, IL: Center for the Study of Educational Finance, College of Education, Illinois State University. 1980
- Equity Goals in Illinois School Finance: 1973- 1979. Normal, IL: Center for the Study of Educational Finance, Department of Educational Administration and Foundation. 1979
- Proposed Tax Reforms and Community College Finance in Illinois. Normal, IL: Center for the Study of Educational Finance, Department of Educational Administration and Foundation. 1979
- A Pilot Study of Possible Adjustments to the Wealth Measurement in Illinois Based on Using Private or Parochial Students in the Student Count. Normal, IL: Center for the Study of Educational Finance, Illinois State University. 1978
- Illinois School Finance in the Era of Property Tax Relief: Some Alternatives to a Proposition Thirteen. Normal, IL: Center for the Study of Educational Finance, Department of Educational Administration amd Foundation. 1978
- Reward for Effort in Illinois School Finance: Policy Debate, Empirical Evidence, Legislative Implications. Normal, IL: Center for the Study of Educational Finance, Department of Educational Administration, College of Ed. 1978
- The 1973 School Finance Reform in Illinois: Quo Jure? Quo Vadis?. Normal, IL: Center for the Study of Educational Finance, Department of Educational Administration, College of Ed. 1978
- Illinois School Finance Research: Some Knowns and Unknowns. Normal, IL: Illinois State University. 1977
- School Finance Reform and Suburban Districts: A Few Facts, Several Research Design Questions, and Some Policy Considerations. Normal, IL: Center for the Study of Educational Finance, College of Education, Illinois State University. 1977
- The Concept of Fiscal Effort in the Illinois General Purpose Educational Grant-in-Aid: Some Legal and Measurement Problems. Normal, IL: Center for the Study of Educational Finance, Department of Educational Administration, Illinois Stat. 1976
- A Look at Comparing State Aid to Local School Districts on an Interstate Basis. Normal, IL: Center for the Study of Educational Finance, Department of Educational Administration, Illinois Stat. 1975
- Measurable Objectives for School Finance Reform: A Further Evaluation of the Illinois School Finance Reforms of 1973: A Paper Presented to the 1975 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Washington, D.C.. Normal, IL: Illinois State University. 1975
- Research Agenda for School Finance Reform in Illinois. Normal, IL: Center for the Study of Educational Finance, Department of Educational Administration, Illinois Stat. 1975
- The 1973 Reform of the Illinois General Purpose Educational Grant-in-Aid: A Description and an Evaluation. Normal, IL: Department of Educational Administration, Illinois State University. 1975
- The 1973 Reform of the Illinois General Purpose Educational Grant-in-Aid: A Description and an Evaluation. Normal, IL: Center for the Study of Educational Finance, Department of Educational Administration, Illinois Stat. 1974
- Central Illinois Planning Data Analysis. Normal, IL. 1973
- Increasing Social and Economic Inequalities among Suburban Schools: A Study in Educational Administration and Finance. Danville, IL: Interstate Printers and Publishers. 1969
- Alternatives in Educational Expenditure Policy for the State of Illinois. Normal, IL: Department of Educational Administration, Illinois State University. 1968
- Are School Debt Finance Costs Too High? An Investigation in New England. Cambridge, MA: New England School Development Council. 1962
- Public Educational Service under Decentralized Control: A Critique of the Measurement of Local Fiscal Ability and Local Fiscal Effort. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University. 1962
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thesis or dissertation
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unclassified publications
- A Longitudinal Study of Fiscal Equalization in Illinois
- A Proposal for the Distribution of Federal Block Grant Funds in Illinois
- Cost-Size Relationship Among School Districts in Illinois, 1974: A Paper Prepared for the Illinois Office of Education
- Definition, Measurement, and Application of the Concept of Equalization in School Finance. An Integration and Critique of School Finance Research Conducted on the Subject of Equal Educational Opportunity. An Occasional Paper
- Enrollment Change and Educational Personnel Change in the K-12 Schools of Illinois: A Supplement to the Report of the Illinois Task Force on Declining Enrollments in the Public Schools (Illinois Office of Education)
- Equalizing Educational Opportunity by Means of a Resource Equalizer or Guaranteed Valuation Grant-in-Aid
- Further Explorations in Human Resource Migration Among School Districts in Metropolitan Areas and the Effect of this Migration Upon School Finance. Final Report
- Optimum Size of School Districts Relative to Selected Costs
- Recent Trends in the Funding of Education, K-12
- Return to the Two-Tier Funding Notion in Illinois: A Reexamination of the Basic Rationale for the School Finance Reform of 1973: A Policy Paper
- Revenue Tracking Procedures: An Appendix to a Research Report Entitled: Final Report, Special Education Revenue Tracking Project, Program Cost Differentials, and Concentrations of Handicapped Students
- Social and Economic Inequalities Among Suburban School Districts: Observations from a Two-Decade Study
- Special Education Revenue Tracking Project, Program Cost Differentials, and Concentrations of Handicapped Students: Final Report
- The 1973 Reform of the Illinois General Purpose Grant-in-Aid, an Evaluation after Three Years: A Report for the Study of Educational Finance
- The 1973 Reform of the Illinois General Purpose: Grant-in-Aid, an Evaluation after Three Years: A Report of the Center for the Study of Educational Finance
- The Biggest Bang for the Buck: An Initial Report on Technical Economic Efficiency in Illinois K-12 Schools with a Comment on Rose V. the Council
- The Illinois General Purpose Grant-in-Aid System, 1973-1981 (with the 1981 Amendments)
- Toward the Restoration of Equity in Illinois K-12 Finance: A Report to the National Conference of State Legislatures and the Illinois School Problems Commission
- Two Essays on the Political and Normative Aspects of American School Finance: An Historical Perspective
- Witnesses for the Prosecution: Policy Papers on Educational Finance, Governance, and Constitutionality in Illinois, including the Declaration of Galesburg
- Witnesses for the Prosecution: Testimony Presented at the Voice of the Prarie Conference, October 28, 1989, Galesburg, Illinois