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Title School money trials : the legal pursuit of educational adequacy / Martin R. West, Paul E. Peterson, editors
Published Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2007]
©2007

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Description x, 373 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents The adequacy lawsuit : a critical appraisal / Martin R. West and Paul E. Peterson -- Adding adequacy to equity / Richard Briffault -- Reinterpreting the education clauses in state constitutions / John C. Eastman -- The alchemy of "costing out" an adequate education / Eric A. Hanushek -- The politicization of the school finance legal process / Matthew G. Sringer and James W. Guthrie -- Is teacher pay "adequate"? / Michael Podgursky -- Adequacy judgments and school reform / Frederick M. Hess -- The non-implementation of New York's adequacy judgment / Joe Williams -- The impact of school finance judgments on state fiscal policy / Christopher Berry -- Adequacy, accountability, and no child left behind act / Andrew Rudalevige -- Adequacy litigation in an era of accountability / Michael Heise -- The winning defense in Massachusetts / Robert M. Costrell -- The uncertain future of adequacy remedies / Kenneth W. Starr -- Adequacy litigation and the separation of powers / Joshua Dunn and Martha Derthick
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Discrimination in education -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Education -- Finance -- Law and legislation -- United States -- States.
Education -- United States -- Finance.
Educational accountability -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Educational equalization -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Author Peterson, Paul E.
West, Martin R.
LC no. 2006037273
ISBN 0815770308 (cloth : alk. paper)
0815770316 (paperback: alk. paper)
9780815770305 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780815770312 (paperback: alk. paper)