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Hanushek / Lindseth Schoolhouses, Courthouses, and Statehouses

Solving the Funding-Achievement Puzzle in America's Public Schools
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ISBN: 978-1-4008-3025-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
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Solving the Funding-Achievement Puzzle in America's Public Schools

E-Book, Englisch, 432 Seiten

ISBN: 978-1-4008-3025-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)



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List of Illustrations ix

List of Tables xiii

Preface xv

Introduction 1

Chapter 1: Just How Important Is Education? 10

Education and Financial Achievement 11

Education and Poverty 15

Education and the Nation's Economic Well-Being 16

Testing Student Skills 20

Quality of U.S. Colleges 21

Chapter 2: U.S. Education at a Crossroads 23

Years of School Completed 23

Achievement Levels (or the Mastery of Cognitive Skills) 29

International Comparisons 36

Achievement Gaps 38

Chapter 3: The Political Responses 44

Increased Spending and Resources for K-12 Education 45

Increased Equity in Funding for K-12 Education 57

The Standards and Accountability Movement 71

Increased School Choice Options 76

Teacher Certification 80

Conclusions 82

Chapter 4: Court Interventions in School Finance 83

Federal Desegregation Litigation and
Milliken II Remedies 84

"Equity" Cases 88

"Adequacy" Cases 95

Chapter 5: Practical Issues with Educational Adequacy 118

Defining an "Adequate" Education 118

The Element of Causation 129

Problems Relating to Remedy 136

Problems Inherent in the Makeup and
Processes of the Courts 139

Chapter 6: The Effectiveness of Judicial Remedies 145

Kentucky 147

Wyoming 151

New Jersey 157

Massachusetts 166

Chapter 7: Science and School Finance Decision Making 171

A Simple Decision Model 172

How Much Is Enough? 173

How Should the Money Be Spent? 200

Using Science More Effectively 211

Chapter 8: A Performance-Based Funding System 217

Guiding Principles: Back to Basics 218

A Performance-Based Funding System 219

Big City Schools 258

Conclusions 260

Chapter 9: Making Performance-Based Funding a Reality 263

The Persistence of Illusory Spending Solutions 263

Support for the Status Quo and Resistance
to Change 268

Some Current Countervailing Forces 275

Encouraging True Reform: Mutually Agreed Bargains 279

Changing the Focus of the Courts 281

Mobilizing for the Future 287

Notes 291

Legal Citations 353

Federal Court Cases (arranged in alphabetical order) 353

State Court Cases (arranged by state and, within states, chronologically) 354

Sources for Figures and Tables 361

References 363

Index 395


Eric A. Hanushek is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and a leading figure in the study of the economics of education. Alfred A. Lindseth is a senior partner with the law firm of Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, and is a nationally recognized expert in school finance law.



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