Adequacy, Accountability, And The Future Of Public Education Funding

by Leyden, Dennis Patrick

• ISBN13: 9780387233604
• ISBN10: 0387233601
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-01-31
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

This volume assesses the impact of the decade-old move in public education reform away from funding equalization and toward adequacy and accountability. In six chapters, the author provides a detailed introduction, the theoretical and empirical background, and an analysis of the prospects of future state funding of public education. He includes a Connecticut-based case study that examines state legislative motivations and suggests methods for predicting future state behaviors. Following the case study, the author offers an analysis of policy options that balance equity, performance, and tax burdens. The conclusion pays particular attention to the consequences of current reform policies and states' willingness to fund them, or not.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Introduction	1	(14)
A General Theory of Intergovernmental Grants	15	(28)
Theory of Public Education Funding with Court Intervention	43	(36)
Assessing the Empirical Validity of the Theory	79	(30)
A Legislative and Legal History of Public Education Funding	109	(44)
The Future of Public Education Funding	153	(44)
Conclusion	197	(4)
Acknowledgments	201	(2)
References	203	(14)
Index	217