School Finance : Debating Issues in American Education - William Thro

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Hardcover | 23 January 2012

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Education of America's school children always has been and always will be a hot-button issue. From what should be taught to how to pay for education to how to keep kids safe in schools, impassioned debates emerge and mushroom, both within the scholarly community and among the general public. This volume in the point/counterpoint Debating Issues in American Education reference series tackles the topic of school finance. Fifteen to twenty chapters explore such varied issues as additional fees, charger schools, equity vs. adequacy, federal mandates and funding, merit pay for teachers, property taxes and local revenues, and more. Each chapter opens with an introductory essay by the volume editor, followed by point/counterpoint articles written and signed by invited experts, and concludes with Further Readings and Resources, thus providing readers with views on multiple sides of financial issues with America's schools and pointing them toward more in-depth resources for further exploration.

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Non-Fiction Education Organisation & Management of Education Funding of Education & Student Finance Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary Subjects Interdisciplinary Studies General Studies

About the Editors-in-Chief	p. x
About the Volume Editor	p. xii
About the Contributors	p. xiii
Introduction	p. xvii
Should Local School Districts Be Able to Impose Additional Taxes to Provide Additional Educational Resources?	p. 1
Overview	p. 1
Point	p. 4
Counterpoint	p. 12
Should States Limit the Indebtedness of Local School Districts?	p. 21
Overview	p. 21
Point	p. 25
Counterpoint	p. 31
Should the Leadership of Each Individual School Have the Authority to Determine How Money Is Spent at That School?	p. 41
Overview	p. 41
Point	p. 44
Counterpoint	p. 50
Should States Rely on Local Property Taxes as a Primary Method of Financing Public Schools?	p. 59
Overview	p. 59
Point	p. 62
Counterpoint	p. 69
Should the Federal Government Condition Federal Funds for School Districts on the Implementation of Federally Mandated Curricula?	p. 76
Overview	p. 76
Point	p. 79
Counterpoint	p. 85
Should the Federal Government Pay All the Costs of Special Education Services?	p. 93
Overview	p. 93
Point	p. 96
Counterpoint	p. 102
When Individual States Require Local School Districts to Provide Gifted Education, Should the State Pay All the Costs?	p. 110
Overview	p. 110
Point	p. 113
Counterpoint	p. 119
Should Schools Base Teacher Salaries on Student Performance?	p. 126
Overview	p. 126
Point	p. 130
Counterpoint	p. 135
Should State Courts Adjudicate Challenges to Public SchoolsÆ Financing Systems?	p. 143
Overview	p. 143
Point	p. 147
Counterpoint	p. 154
Do State Constitutional Provisions Concerning Education Establish a Judicially Enforceable Standard?	p. 163
Overview	p. 163
Point	p. 167
Counterpoint	p. 172
Should the Courts Ensure That Student Expenditures Are Substantially Equal (the Equity Theory of School Finance Litigation)?	p. 179
Overview	p. 179
Point	p. 182
Counterpoint	p. 186
Should the Courts Ensure That Every School District Has Sufficient Funds to Provide a Quality Education (the Adequacy Theory of School Finance Litigation)?	p. 193
Overview	p. 193
Point	p. 197
Counterpoint	p. 203
Should Students Pay Additional Fees to Participate in Extracurricular Activities Such as Athletics or Band?	p. 212
Overview	p. 212
Point	p. 215
Counterpoint	p. 219
Should School Districts Charge Additional Fees for Academic Programs Such as Advanced Placement Classes?	p. 225
Overview	p. 225
Point	p. 228
Counterpoint	p. 232
Should the State Give Vouchers to Poor Students to Allow Them to Attend Private Schools?	p. 240
Overview	p. 240
Point	p. 244
Counterpoint	p. 249
Should the State Give Tax Credits to Parents Who Pay for Their Children to Attend Private Schools?	p. 258
Overview	p. 258
Point	p. 261
Counterpoint	p. 268
Should the State Create and Fund Charter Schools That Are Not Subject to the Same Standards and Requirements as Traditional Schools?	p. 276
Overview	p. 276
Point	p. 279
Counterpoint	p. 285
Should Students Be Required to Engage in Fund-Raising Activities as a Condition of Participating in Certain Activities or Events?	p. 293
Overview	p. 293
Point	p. 296
Counterpoint	p. 301
Index	p. 308
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