| Description |
1 online resource (240 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Editors and Contributors; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1 Twenty-First Century Education Finance: Equity, Adequacy, and the Emerging Challenge of Linking Resources to Performance; Introduction; A "Black Lightning" Version of the Evolution of Modern Education Finance; Equity I: How it Used to Be; Equity II: The Shift to Adequacy as a Reform Argument; Measuring "Equity," a Baseline for Comparison; How Equity II, "Adequacy," Alters the Empirical and Evidentiary Landscape; Standards; Instructional Delivery and Costs |
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How Performance Funding Expands the Empirical and Evidentiary EnvelopeWhat to Measure and Where to Set the "Bar"; Effectiveness of Incentives; Legal Considerations; Conclusion; The Ultimate Challenge; References; 2 Politics and the Meaning of Adequacy: States Work to Integrate the Concept into K to 12 School Finance; Introduction; Experience with Adequacy Studies in the States; A Context for Adequacy Studies-The Historical Perspective; West Virginia; Kentucky; Colorado; Adequacy Studies Initiated by State Political Leaders; Maryland; Kansas; Adequacy Resulting from Litigation; Wyoming; Ohio |
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Adequacy Studies Initiated by Education and Business OrganizationsMontana; Missouri; Conclusions; References; 3 Politics of Plaintiffs and Defendants; Introduction; Values, Funding, and Opportunity: Political Conflux in Education; Change Drivers in Education; Issues in Litigation; Conclusion; 4 Political Contexts and Education Finance Litigation: Toward a Methodology for Comparative State-Level Analyses; Introduction; Toward a Merged Statistical and Case Study Methodology; Selecting a Statistical Method; Measures for Statistical Clusters; Economic Factors; Educational Factors |
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Demographic and Educational Challenge FactorsThe Cluster Models; Finance Case Issues; Discussion of Findings; State Political Ideology; Judicial Politics; Conclusions and Implications; Research and Policy Implications; Methodological Implications; References; 5 When the Legislative Process Fails: The Politics of Litigation in School Infrastructure Funding Equity; Introduction; Litigation and Education Funding Reform: An Overview; Selected State Case Studies; West Virginia; New Jersey; Arizona; Texas; Ohio; Wyoming; Conclusion: Political Lessons; References |
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6 Toward Stronger Accountability in Federal Title I: Fiscal Implications in the Implementation of the No Child Left Behind ActIntroduction; Title I Appropriations; Title I Funding Formula Changes; Title I Funding Appropriations; NCLB Accountability Mechanisms; Annual Testing; Parental Choice; Schoolwide Initiatives; Conclusion; References; 7 Funding Special Education and the IDEA: Promises, Promises; Introduction; The IDEA and Funding; Spending on Special Education Services; Special Education Finance Reform: Effective Funding Formulas |
| Summary |
This yearbook offers research and insights to stimulate thought, inform debates, and explore future research directions |
| Notes |
Impact of Increasing Costs for Federally Mandated Special Education Services on Regular Education Students |
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Print version record |
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Education -- United States -- Finance
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Education -- Finance -- Law and legislation -- United States
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Education -- Finance -- Political aspects -- United States
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Education and state -- United States
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Education and state
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Education -- Finance
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Education -- Finance -- Law and legislation
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Education -- Finance -- Political aspects
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wong, Kenneth K., 1955-
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| ISBN |
9781317927778 |
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131792777X |
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