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Helen F. Ladd, Rosemary Chalk, and Janet S. Hansen, editors ; Committee on Education Finance, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research CouncilPublication Details
BookNational Academy Press1999Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) LB2825 .E68 1999 AVAILABLE New Feature: Text this to your cellphone
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Spending on K-12 education across the United States and across local school districts has long been characterized by great disparities–disparities that reflect differences in property wealth and tax rates. As part of a broad study of education finance, the committee commissioned eight papers examining the history and consequences of school finance reform undertaken in the name of equity and adequacy. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Subject
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- 1. Concepts of School Finance Equity: 1970 to the Present / Robert Berne and Leanna Stiefel
- 2. School Finance Litigation in the Name of Educational Equity: Its Evolution, Impact, and Future / Paul A. Minorini and Stephen D. Sugarman
- 3. The Impact of Court-Mandated School Finance Reform / William N. Evans, Sheila E. Murray and Robert M. Schwab
- 4. Court-Mandated School Finance Reform: What Do the New Dollars Buy? / Margaret E. Goertz and Gary Natriello
- 5. The Politics of School Finance in the 1990s / Melissa C. Carr and Susan H. Fuhrman
- 6. Educational Adequacy and the Courts: The Promise and Problems of Moving to a New Paradigm / Paul A. Minorini and Stephen D. Sugarman
- 7. Enabling "Adequacy" to Achieve Reality: Translating Adequacy into State School Finance Distribution Arrangements / James W. Guthrie and Richard Rothstein
- 8. Performance Standards and Educational Cost Indexes: You Can’t Have One Without the Other / William D. Duncombe and John M. Yinger
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- 0309065631
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