The Last Bake Sale : The Fight for Fair School Funding.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Volinsky, Andru.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational equalization--United States.

Educational equalization.

Education--Finance.

Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (245 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Havertown : Peter E. Randall Publisher, 2025.

Summary:

This book by Andru Volinsky provides an in-depth examination of the struggles to achieve equitable school funding in the United States, with a focus on New Hampshire's unique challenges. It explores historical legal cases such as Serrano v. Priest, Edgewood v. Kirby, and Abbott v. Burke, and analyzes how systemic inequities in property tax-based funding perpetuate disparities between wealthy and impoverished school districts. Volinsky highlights the racial and socioeconomic factors that contribute to these inequalities, detailing the impact on students in underfunded schools and emphasizing the urgent need for reform. The book is intended for policymakers, educators, activists, and anyone concerned with educational equity, and it advocates for systemic solutions to address the funding gap and improve outcomes for marginalized communities. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Contents

Introduction

Part One: Why a National Movement Became Necessary

Chapter 1: Plessy to Brown The End of Legal Segregation

Chapter 2: Brown to San Antonio Desegregation Runs into a Roadblock

Chapter 3: The Beginning of a Movement to Fairly Fun Public Schools

Part Two: New Hampshire's Experience

Chapter 4: The Education System Challenged in the Claremont Suit

Chapter 5: Building the Claremont Case

Chapter 6: We'd Come So Far

Chapter 7: The Trial

Chapter 8: Is Education a Fundamental Right?

Chapter 9: The Democratic Governor Responds

Part Three: Present Day and the Future of Education

Chapter 10: Don't Make a Fuss

Chapter 11: Politics, Learning the Wrong Lessons, and Some Successes

Chapter 12: Funding Solutions

Endnotes

Index

Acknowledgments

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Other Format:

Print version: Volinsky, Andru The Last Bake Sale

ISBN:

9781942155911

OCLC:

1507695267