TY  - BOOK
AU  - Armor,David J.
AU  - Munich,John
AU  - Malatinszky,Aron
TI  - School resources, the achievement gap, and the law: reconsidering school finance in US education policy 
T2  - Routledge research in education policy and politics
SN  - 9781003399117
U1  - 379.73 23/eng/20230920
PY  - 2024///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Educational equalization
KW  - United States
KW  - Education
KW  - Finance
KW  - Academic achievement
KW  - Education and state
KW  - EDUCATION / General
KW  - EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General
N2  - "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. Taking the scholarship around this question, such as James S. Coleman's 1965 report on the Equality of Educational Opportunity, as a starting point, it brings in an extensive range of contemporary data sources and statistical analysis to offer an updated, robust and considered review of the issue. Moving beyond these empirical questions, it also explores how these empirical findings have been utilized in "education adequacy" litigation, discussing the evolving law of adequacy cases, while explaining the challenges of introducing complex data and analyses within a litigation framework. Judges typically have little experience with the complexity of modern education data and the analyses required to draw sound inferences. It will thus be of interest to scholars, researchers, and faculty with expertise in education policy, the economics and sociology of education, and public policy"--
UR  - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003399117
ER  -