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Courting failure : how school finance lawsuits exploit judges' good intentions and harm our children / edited by Eric A. Hanushek ; contributions by Williamson M. Evers ... [et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Hoover Institution Press publication ; 551.
- Hoover Institution press publication ; no. 551
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
- United States.
- Public schools--United States--Finance.
- Public schools.
- Education--Finance--Law and legislation--United States.
- Education.
- Educational accountability--United States.
- Educational accountability.
- Academic achievement--Economic aspects--United States.
- Academic achievement.
- Actions and defenses--United States.
- Actions and defenses.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (366 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, Calif. : Education Next Books, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The expert contributors to this volume assess recent court actions in school adequacy lawsuits and their impact on student outcomes. They show that simply throwing more resources at the problem has not brought about a solution and call for changes centered around accountability, incentives, and more informed parents and policymakers.
- Contents:
- ""Front Cover ""; ""Book Title""; ""Copyright ""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction - Eric A. Hanushek""; ""1. Campaign for Fiscal Equity v. New York: The March of Folly - Sol Stern""; ""2. The Legal Backdrop to Adequacy - Alfred A. Lindseth""; ""3. High-Poverty, High-Performance Schools, Districts, and States - Herbert J. Walberg""; ""4. High-Spending, Low-Performing School Districts - Williamson M. Evers and Paul Clopton""; ""5. Thorough and Efficient Private and Public Schools - Paul E. Peterson""
- ""6. How Can Anyone Say What�s Adequate If Nobody Knows How Money Is Spent Now? - Marguerite Roza and Paul T. Hill""""7. Science Violated: Spending Projections and the “Costing Out� of an Adequate Education - Eric A. Hanushek""; ""8. Adequacy beyond Dollars: The Productive Use of School Time - E. D. Hirsch Jr.""; ""9. Funding for Performance - A Policy Statement of the Koret Task Force on K-12 Education""; ""Index""
- Notes:
- "An assessment from the Hoover Institution's Koret Task Force on K-12 education."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8179-4783-3
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