CONTENTS: About the Contributors. Introduction. School Finance and Urban Education Reform. Christopher Roellke, Vassar College and Jennifer King Rice, University of Maryland. PART I: FISCAL DIMENSIONS of URBAN SCHOOL REFORM. Can Whole-School Reform Improve the Productivity of Urban Schools? The Evidence on Three Models. Robert Bifulco, Duke University and the University of Connecticut. Whole School Reform and School-based Budgeting in New Jersey: Three Years of Implementation. Bari Anhalt Erlichson, Rutgers University and Margaret Goertz, University of Pennsylvania. Balancing the Books: The Relationship Between Fiscal Condition, Educational Output, and District Competition in the Metropolitan Districts of Minnesota. NICOLA ALEXANDER, University of Minnesota. School Performance and Resource Use: The Role of Districts in New York City. Patrice Iatarola, Leanna Stiefel and Amy Ellen Schwartz, New York University. PART II: THE SUPPLY, DEMAND, and QUALITY of CITY TEACHERS. Teacher Attrition and Mobility in Urban Districts: Evidence from Wisconsin. Jennifer Imazeki, University of California, San Diego. Reducing Novice Teacher Attrition In Urban School Districts: Focusing On The Moving Target. Neil Theobald and Robert S. Michael, Indiana University. PART III: EQUITY and ADEQUACY in URBAN SCHOOLS. The Adequacy of Urban Education: Focusing on Teacher Quality. Whitney Allgood, Economic Policy Institute and Jennifer King Rice, University of Maryland. Using Student Level Data to Measure School Finance Adequacy: An Exploratory Analysis. Lawrence O. Picus, Jacquelyn McCroskey, Ed Robillard, Jane Yoo and Lynne Marsenich, University of Southern California. PART IV: PRIVATE SCHOOL FINANCE and PRIVATE MONEY FOR URBAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Private School Finance: Tugging on the Curtain. Brian Brent, University of Rochester. Private Money/Public Schools: Early Evidence on Private and Non-Traditional Support for New York City Public Schools. Amy Ellen Schwartz, Hella Bel Hadj Amor, and Norm Fruchter, New York University. CONCLUSION. Fiscal Policy in Urban Education: Lessons Learned and Implications for Research. Jennifer King Rice, University of Maryland and Christopher Roellke, Vassar College.