School money trials : the legal pursuit of educational adequacy

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School money trials : the legal pursuit of educational adequacy

Martin R. West, Paul E. Peterson, editors

Brookings Institution Press, c2007

  • : cloth
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

  • The adequacy lawsuit : a critical appraisal / Martin R. West and Paul E. Peterson
  • Adding adequacy to equity / Richard Briffault
  • Reinterpreting the education clauses in state constitutions / John C. Eastman
  • The alchemy of "costing-out" an adequate education / Eric A. Hanushek
  • The 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 / Kenneth W. Starr
  • Adequacy litigation and the separation of powers / Joshua Dunn and Martha Derthick

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Volume

: cloth ISBN 9780815770305

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Adequacy lawsuits have emerged as an alternative strategy in pursuit of improved public education in America. 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 its level of aid. Since 1980, 45 of the 50 states have faced such suits. How pervasive -and effective -is this trend? What are its ramifications, at the school district level and on a broader scope? This important new book addresses these questions. The contributors consider the legal theory behind adequacy lawsuits, examining how the education clauses in state constitutions have been reinterpreted. According to James Guthrie and Matthew Springer, this trend has more fully politicized the process of cost modeling in school finance. Frederick Hess looks at the politics of adequacy implementation. Research by Christopher Berry of Harvard finds that the most significant result of the movement has not resulted in broad-ranging changes in school funding. How the No Child Left Behind Act and adequacy lawsuits impact one another is an especially interesting question, as addressed by Andrew Rudalevige and Michael Heise. This is the most comprehensive analysis to date of the adequacy lawsuit strategy, a topic of increasing importance in a controversial area of public policy that touches virtually all Americans. It will be of interest to readers engaged in education policy discussions and those concerned about the power of the courts to make policy rather than simply to enforce it.
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: pbk ISBN 9780815770312

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"""Adequacy lawsuits"" have emerged as an alternative strategy in pursuit of improved public education in America. 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 its level of aid. Since 1980, 45 of the 50 states have faced such suits. How pervasive-and effective-is this trend? What are its ramifications, at the school district level and on a broader scope? This important new book addresses these questions. The contributors consider the legal theory behind adequacy lawsuits, examining how the education clauses in state constitutions have been reinterpreted. According to James Guthrie and Matthew Springer, this trend has more fully politicized the process of cost modeling in school finance. Frederick Hess looks at the politics of adequacy implementation. Research by Christopher Berry of Harvard finds that the most significant result of the movement has not resulted in broad-ranging changes in school funding. How the No Child Left Behind Act and adequacy lawsuits impact one another is an especially interesting question, as addressed by Andrew Rudalevige and Michael Heise. This is the most comprehensive analysis to date of the adequacy lawsuit strategy, a topic of increasing importance in a controversial area of public policy that touches virtually all Americans. It will be of interest to readers engaged in education policy discussions and those concerned about the power of the courts to make policy rather than simply to enforce it. "

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