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School money trials : the legal pursuit of educational adequacy / Martin R. West, Paul E. Peterson, editors.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
West, Martin R.
Peterson, Paul E.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Educational equalization--Law and legislation--United States.
Educational equalization.
Educational accountability--Law and legislation--United States.
Educational accountability.
Discrimination in education--Law and legislation--United States.
Discrimination in education.
Education--Finance--Law and legislation--United States--States.
Education.
Education--United States--Finance.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (385 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2007.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Adequacy lawsuits have, with little fanfare, emerged as a major alternative strategy in the pursuit of improved public education in the United States. Plaintiffs allege insufficient resources to provide students with the quality of education promised in their state's constitution, hoping the courts will step in and order the state to increase funding levels. Since 1985, more than thirty states have faced such suits. How pervasive--and effective--is this trend? What are its ramifications, in local school districts and on a broader scale? This important new book addresses those questions. In Sch
Contents:
The adequacy lawsuit : a critical appraisal / Martin R. West and Paul E. Peterson
Adding adequacy to equity : the evolving legal theory of school finance reform / Richard Briffault
Adequacy and the rights revolution : reinterpreting the education clauses in state constitutions / John C. Eastman
The alchemy of "costing-out" an adequate education / Eric A. Hanushek
Adequacy's politicization of the school finance legal process / Matthew G. Sringer and James W. Guthrie
Is teacher pay "adequate"? / Michael Podgursky
Adequacy judgments and school reform / Frederick M. Hess
The non-implementation of New York's adequacy judgment / Joe williams
The impact of school finance judgments on state fiscal policy / Christopher Berry
Adequacy, accountability, and no child left behind / Andrew Rudalevige
Adequacy litigation in an era of accountability / Michael Heise
The winning defense in Massachusetts / Robert M. Costrell
The uncertain future of adequacy remedies: a look to the past / Kenneth W. Starr
Who should govern? adequacy litigation and the separation of powers / Joshua Dunn and Martha Derthick.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9786610765713
9781280765711
1280765712
9780815770329
0815770324
OCLC:
476039360

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