School Money Trials: The Legal Pursuit of Educational Adequacy

Sonst. Personen	West, Martin R. (Hrsg.); Peterson, Paul E. (Hrsg.)
Institution	Brookings Institution, Washington, DC.
Titel	School Money Trials: The Legal Pursuit of Educational Adequacy
Quelle	(2006), (350 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	0-8157-7030-8
Schlagwörter	Educational Quality; Court Litigation; Compliance (Legal); Public Education; State Aid; Educational Finance; Federal Legislation; Constitutional Law; Educational Policy; Politics of Education; Models; State Courts; Government School Relationship; Institutional Role + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Rechtsstreit; Öffentliche Erziehung; Bildungsfonds; Bundesrecht; Staatsrecht; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Educational policy; Analogiemodell; Staatsgerichtshof
Abstract	"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 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. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10