Other people's children : the battle for justice and equality in New Jersey's schools /

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In 1981, when Raymond Abbott was a twelve-year-old sixth-grader in Camden, New Jersey, poor city school districts like his spent 25 percent less per student than the state?s wealthy suburbs did. That year, Abbott became the lead plaintiff in a landmark class-action lawsuit demanding that the state p...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Yaffe, Deborah, 1965-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, NJ : Rivergate Books, ©2007.
Subjects:
Education > Finance > Law and legislation > New Jersey.
Educational law and legislation > New Jersey.
Property tax > Law and legislation > New Jersey.
Public schools > New Jersey > Finance.
Educational equalization > New Jersey > Costs.
Education and state > New Jersey.
Écoles publiques > New Jersey > Finances.
Démocratisation de l'enseignement > New Jersey > Coût.
Éducation > Politique gouvernementale > New Jersey.
LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Education and state
Education > Finance > Law and legislation
Educational law and legislation
Property tax > Law and legislation
Public schools > Finance
New Jersey
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Jersey city's tax war
  • Celebrating the bicentennial
  • The true believer
  • Son of Robinson
  • The families
  • "The system is broken"
  • The twenty-one/forty-one rule
  • The children of Abbott
  • A constitutional right to astroturf
  • "We do not run school systems"
  • The children grow up.

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