LEADER 03059nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910814337403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-7914-8089-5 010 $a1-4294-5801-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000470942 035 $a(OCoLC)85857952 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10575946 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000191621 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11215808 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000191621 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10186363 035 $a(PQKB)11244180 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3407520 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse6476 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3407520 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10575946 035 $a(DE-B1597)683995 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780791480892 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000470942 100 $a20051213d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA level playing field $eschool finance in the Northeast /$fJane Fowler Morse 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAlbany, NY $cState University of New York Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (368 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7914-6931-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 287-313) and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tTables -- $tPreface -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tEducation, Inequity, and the Level Playing Field -- $tThe Search for a Legal Solution in New York -- $tSharing in Vermont -- $tExecutive Reform in Ontario -- $tThe Impact of Poverty on Children?s Performance in School -- $tThe Impact of Racism on Children?s Performance in School -- $tEducation Funding and Progress -- $tAppendixes -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tAuthorities -- $tIndex 330 $aIn 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." 606 $aPublic schools$zNortheastern States$xFinance 606 $aEducation$zUnited States$xStates$xFinance 615 0$aPublic schools$xFinance. 615 0$aEducation$xStates$xFinance. 676 $a379.1/10974 700 $aMorse$b Jane Fowler$f1940-$01652439 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814337403321 996 $aA level playing field$94003104 997 $aUNINA