| Description |
1 online resource (xxxii, 366 p.) : ill. |
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Hoover Institution press publication ; no. 551 |
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Hoover Institution Press publication ; 551.
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"An assessment from the Hoover Institution's Koret Task Force on K-12 education." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Eric A. Hanushek -- Campaign for fiscal equity v. New York: the march of folly / Sol Stern -- The legal backdrop to adequacy / Alfred A. Lindseth -- High-poverty, high-performance schools, districts, and states / Herbert J. Walberg -- High-spending, low-performing school districts / Williamson M. Evers and Paul Clopton -- Thorough and efficient private and public schools / Paul E. Peterson -- How can anyone say what's adequate if nobody knows how money is spent now? / Marguerite Roza and Paul T. Hill -- Science violated: spending projections and the "costing out" of an adequate education / Eric A. Hanushek -- Adequacy beyond dollars: the productive use of school time / E.D. Hirsch, Jr. -- Funding for performance: a policy statement of the Koret Task Force. |
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Description based on print version record. |
| Summary |
The expert contributors to this volume assess recent court actions in school adequacy lawsuits and their impact on student outcomes. They show that simply throwing more resources at the problem has not brought about a solution and call for changes centered around accountability, incentives, and more informed parents and policymakers. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Public schools -- United States -- Finance.
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Education -- Finance -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Educational accountability -- United States.
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Academic achievement -- Economic aspects -- United States.
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Actions and defenses -- United States.
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United States. No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
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EDUCATION / Finance
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EDUCATION / Essays
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Electronic books.
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Internet resource
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| Added Author |
Hanushek, Eric A. (Eric Alan), 1943-
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Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace. Koret Task Force on K-12 Education.
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Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace.
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Freading.
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| Related To |
Print version: Courting failure. Stanford, Calif. : Education Next Books, c2006 0817947817 (DLC) 2006017909 (OCoLC)70106835 |
| ISBN |
9780817947835 (electronic bk.) |
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0817947833 (electronic bk.) |
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9780817947880 (electronic bk.) |
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0817947884 (electronic bk.) |
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