Strategies for school equity : creating productive schools in a just society / Marilyn J. Gittell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gittell, Marilyn J., Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational equalization--Finance--United States.

Educational equalization.

Education, Urban--United States.

Education, Urban.

Education--United States.

Education.

School management and organization--United States.

School management and organization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (270 p.)

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2008]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the pursuit of a first-rate education for all students, America's public schools have struggled to achieve fuller racial integration and higher academic standards. Yet sharp inequities between prosperous school districts and poorer districts remain, reinforced by traditional ways of funding and administering public education. This book brings together cutting-edge ideas and strategies of prominent advocates of school equity reform. Discussing their first-hand experiences in forming coalitions, framing court cases, and dealing with state politics in New Jersey, Texas, Illinois, Michigan, Alabama, Kentucky, and Washington, the contributors consider what succeeded, and what failed, in the search for financial and legal remedies to educational inequity.The varied case studies of this book underscore the importance of a comprehensive approach-combining finance, restructuring, and governance reforms-for the success of a city or state school reform effort. The authors investigate how state constitutions have been used to challenge a state's financial distribution of school aid, how business and community organizations have engaged in reform efforts, and how others have negotiated legislation to achieve change. This discussion of reform strategies will interest not only those who are concerned with excellence and equity in education but also those who wish to form successful coalitions and challenge existing state policies.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Introduction: The Ends and the Means in Education Policy

Chapter 1. Post-Brown School Finance Reform

Chapter 2. School Finance Reform and the Alabama Experience

Chapter 3. Intradistrict Resource Disparities: A Problem Crying Out for a Solution

Chapter 4. More Than Equal: New Jersey's Quality Education Act

Appendix to Part I: The Courts and Equity: A State-by-State Overview

Chapter 5. The Role of State Legislatures in School Finance Reform: Looking Backward and Looking Ahead

Chapter 6. Steady Work: The Courts and School Finance Reform in New Jersey

Chapter 7. Charter Schools and Tax Reform in Michigan

Chapter 8. Necessary but Not Sufficient: Moving from School Finance Reform to Education Reform in Washington State

Chapter 9. School Reform in New York and Chicago: Revisiting the Ecology of Local Games

Chapter 10. Linking Civic Capacity and Human Capital Formation

Chapter 11. Power and Perseverance: Organizing for Change in Texas

Chapter 12. The Prichard Committee and Kentucky School Reform

Chapter 13. Advocacy to Restructure the Chicago Public Schools Through State Legislation

Conclusion: Creating a School Reform Agenda for the Twenty-first Century

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780300146547

030014654X

9780585362465

0585362467

OCLC:

1024020161