School Resources, the Achievement Gap, and the Law - Reconsidering School Finance, Policies, Resources in Us Education

This book offers a novel and up-to-date exploration of the common belief that increasing conventional school resources will increase academic achievement and help close gaps between various advantaged and disadvantaged students.

List of contents

1. Shock and Awe in Education: The 1966 Coleman Report and the 2020 COVID-19 Crisis. 2. The State of School Resource Research. 3. The State of Education Adequacy Law. 4. Study Approach, Data, and Methods. 5. School Resource Impacts Using US National Assessments (NAEP). 6. The Case of New York State: Achievement and Adequacy. 7. The Case of New Mexico. 8. The Case of South Dakota. 9. School Resource Effects in South Carolina. 10. School Resource Effects in North Carolina. 11. School Resource Effects Using International Assessments (PISA). 12. The Impact of School Composition. 13. What Works if Conventional Resources Do Not? 14. Summary and Conclusions

About the author

David J. Armor is a professor emeritus of public policy in the School of Public Policy and Government at George Mason University, USA.
John R. Munich is a partner at Stinson LLP, where he chairs the firm's Business and Commercial Litigation division and leads the Education Funding Litigation practice group.
Aron Malatinszky is a PhD student in the Department of Economics at Boston University, USA.

Summary

This book offers a novel and up-to-date exploration of the common belief that increasing conventional school resources will increase academic achievement and help close gaps between various advantaged and disadvantaged students.

Product details

• Authors: David J. Armor, David J. (George Mason University Armor, Armor David J., Aron Malatinszky, John R. Munich
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.01.2024
• EAN: 9781032498744
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3249874-4
• No. of pages: 168
• Series: Routledge Research in Education Policy and Politics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / General, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, International Law, Educational strategies & policy, Moral and social purpose of education, Moral & social purpose of education, Educational strategies and policy, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general