Edited by John Yinger
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface and Acknowledgments | vii | |
I | General Analysis of State Aid Reform | |
1 | State Aid and the Pursuit of Educational Equity: An Overview John Yinger |
3 |
2 | Financing a Constitutional Education: Views from the Bench Anna Lukemeyer |
59 |
3 | Funding and Accountability: Some Conceptual and Technical Issues in State Aid Reform David N. Figlio |
87 |
4 | Prospects for Achieving Equity or Adequacy in Education: The Limits of State Aid in General Equilibrium Thomas J. Nechyba |
111 |
II | Analysis of State Aid Reforms in Individual States | |
5 | The Impacts of School Finance Reform in Kansas: Equity Is in the Eye of the Beholder William Duncombe and Jocelyn M. Johnston |
147 |
6 | A Decade of Reform: The Impact of School Reform in Kentucky Ann E. Flanagan and Sheila E. Murray |
195 |
7 | School Finance Reform in Michigan: Evaluating Proposal A Julie Berry Cullen and Susanna Loeb |
215 |
8 | School Finance Reform in Texas: A Never-Ending Story? Jennifer Imazeki and Andrew Reschovsky |
251 |
9 | School Finance Reform and School Quality: Lessons from Vermont Thomas Downes |
283 |
Appendixes | ||
A | A Guide to State Court Decisions on Education Finance Yao Huang, Anna Lukemeyer and John Yinger |
317 |
B | A Guide to State Operating Aid Programs for Elementary and Secondary Education Yao Huang |
331 |
C | A Guide to State Building Aid Formulas for Elementary and Secondary Education Wen Wang |
353 |
References | 367 | |
List of Court Cases | 387 | |
List of Contributors | 391 | |
Name Index | 397 | |
Subject Index | 399 |