School money trials [[electronic resource] ] : the legal pursuit of educational adequacy / / Martin R. West, Paul E. Peterson, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910784494003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2007
• ISBN: 1-280-76571-2; 9786610765713; 0-8157-7032-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (385 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): WestMartin R; PetersonPaul E
• Disciplina: 344.73/076
• Soggetti: Educational equalization - Law and legislation - United States; Educational accountability - Law and legislation - United States; Discrimination in education - Law and legislation - United States; Education - Finance - Law and legislation - United States - States; Education - United States - Finance
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The adequacy lawsuit : a critical appraisal / Martin R. West and Paul E. Peterson -- Adding adequacy to equity : the evolving legal theory of school finance reform / Richard Briffault -- Adequacy and the rights revolution : reinterpreting the education clauses in state constitutions / John C. Eastman -- The alchemy of "costing-out" an adequate education / Eric A. Hanushek -- Adequacy's politicization of the school finance legal process / Matthew G. Sringer and James W. Guthrie -- Is teacher pay "adequate"? / Michael Podgursky -- Adequacy judgments and school reform / Frederick M. Hess -- The non-implementation of New York's adequacy judgment / Joe williams -- The impact of school finance judgments on state fiscal policy / Christopher Berry -- Adequacy, accountability, and no child left behind / Andrew Rudalevige -- Adequacy litigation in an era of accountability / Michael Heise -- The winning defense in Massachusetts / Robert M. Costrell -- The uncertain future of adequacy remedies: a look to the past / Kenneth W. Starr -- Who should govern? adequacy litigation and the separation of ; powers / Joshua Dunn and Martha Derthick.
• Sommario/riassunto: Adequacy lawsuits have, with little fanfare, emerged as a major alternative strategy in the pursuit of improved public education in the United States. Plaintiffs allege insufficient resources to provide students with the quality of education promised in their state's constitution, hoping the courts will step in and order the state to increase funding levels. Since 1985, more than thirty states have faced such suits. How pervasive--and effective--is this trend? What are its ramifications, in local school districts and on a broader scale? This important new book addresses those questions. In Sch