A level playing field : school finance in the Northeast / Jane Fowler Morse.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morse, Jane Fowler, 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public schools--Northeastern States--Finance.

Public schools.

Education--United States--States--Finance.

Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (368 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this timely work, Jane Fowler Morse reviews the history of school finance litigation in the United States and then examines recent legal and political struggles to obtain equitable school funding in New York, Vermont, and Ontario. These three places have employed strikingly different strategies to address this issue, and Morse analyzes lessons learned at each that will benefit both public officials and citizens interested in seeking reform elsewhere. Drawing on writers from Aristotle to Cass Sunstein and Martin Luther King Jr., she also explores the concepts of social justice and equity, highlighting the connections between racism, poverty, and school funding. The result is a passionate plea for equitable funding of public education nationwide to instantiate the ideal of "liberty and justice for all."

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Tables

Preface

Acknowledgments

Education, Inequity, and the Level Playing Field

The Search for a Legal Solution in New York

Sharing in Vermont

Executive Reform in Ontario

The Impact of Poverty on Children’s Performance in School

The Impact of Racism on Children’s Performance in School

Education Funding and Progress

Appendixes

Notes

Bibliography

Authorities

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-313) and index.

ISBN:

9780791480892

0791480895

9781429458016

1429458011

OCLC:

85857952