03059nam 2200589Ia 450 991081433740332120200520144314.00-7914-8089-51-4294-5801-1(CKB)1000000000470942(OCoLC)85857952(CaPaEBR)ebrary10575946(SSID)ssj0000191621(PQKBManifestationID)11215808(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000191621(PQKBWorkID)10186363(PQKB)11244180(MiAaPQ)EBC3407520(MdBmJHUP)muse6476(Au-PeEL)EBL3407520(CaPaEBR)ebr10575946(DE-B1597)683995(DE-B1597)9780791480892(EXLCZ)99100000000047094220051213d2007 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrA level playing field school finance in the Northeast /Jane Fowler Morse1st ed.Albany, NY State University of New York Pressc20071 online resource (368 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7914-6931-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-313) and index.Front Matter -- Contents -- Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Education, Inequity, and the Level Playing Field -- The Search for a Legal Solution in New York -- Sharing in Vermont -- Executive Reform in Ontario -- The Impact of Poverty on Children’s Performance in School -- The Impact of Racism on Children’s Performance in School -- Education Funding and Progress -- Appendixes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Authorities -- IndexIn this timely work, Jane Fowler Morse reviews the history of school finance litigation in the United States and then examines recent legal and political struggles to obtain equitable school funding in New York, Vermont, and Ontario. These three places have employed strikingly different strategies to address this issue, and Morse analyzes lessons learned at each that will benefit both public officials and citizens interested in seeking reform elsewhere. Drawing on writers from Aristotle to Cass Sunstein and Martin Luther King Jr., she also explores the concepts of social justice and equity, highlighting the connections between racism, poverty, and school funding. The result is a passionate plea for equitable funding of public education nationwide to instantiate the ideal of "liberty and justice for all."Public schoolsNortheastern StatesFinanceEducationUnited StatesStatesFinancePublic schoolsFinance.EducationStatesFinance.379.1/10974Morse Jane Fowler1940-1652439MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814337403321A level playing field4003104UNINA