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9780817947828

Courting Failure How School Finance Lawsuits Exploit Judges' Good Intentions and Harm our Children

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    9780817947828

  • ISBN10:

    0817947825

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2006-11-01
  • Publisher: Hoover Institution Press

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Summary

The expert contributors to this volume assess recent court actions in school adequacy lawsuits and their impact on student outcomes. They show that simply throwing more resources at the problem has not brought about a solution and call for changes centered around accountability, incentives, and more informed parents and policymakers.

Author Biography

Eric A. Hanushek is the Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. He serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the National Board for Education Sciences.

Table of Contents

Introduction xiii
Eric A. Hanushek
Campaign for Fiscal Equity v. New York: The March of Folly
1(32)
Sol Stern
The Legal Backdrop to Adequacy
33(46)
Alfred A. Lindseth
High-Poverty, High-Performance Schools, Districts, and States
79(24)
Herbert J. Walberg
High-Spending, Low-Performing School Districts
103(92)
Williamson M. Evers
Paul Clopton
Thorough and Efficient Private and Public Schools
195(40)
Paul E. Peterson
How Can Anyone Say What's Adequate If Nobody Knows How Money Is Spent Now?
235(22)
Marguerite Roza
Paul T. Hill
Science Violated: Spending Projections and the ``Costing Out'' of an Adequate Education
257(56)
Eric A. Hanushek
Adequacy beyond Dollars: The Productive Use of School Time
313(16)
E. D. Hirsch Jr.
Funding for Performance: A Policy Statement of the Korel Task Force 329(28)
Index 357

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