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School money trials : the legal pursuit of educational adequacy /
Adequacy lawsuits have, with little fanfare, emerged as a major alternative strategy in the pursuit of improved public education in the United States. Plaintiffs allege insufficient resources to provide students with the quality of education promised in their state's constitution, hoping the co...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
Brookings Institution Press,
©2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Adequacy lawsuits have, with little fanfare, emerged as a major alternative strategy in the pursuit of improved public education in the United States. 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 funding levels. Since 1985, more than thirty states have faced such suits. How pervasive--and effective--is this trend? What are its ramifications, in local school districts and on a broader scale? This important new book addresses those questions. In Sch. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 373 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780815770329 0815770324 1280765712 9781280765711 9786610765713 6610765715 |