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The
following editorial, by Michael Rebell,
initiates a new feature from School Funding
Updates – opinion pieces, to be issued
periodically.
Editorial:
"100% Solution" Fails the Test
Recently,
the Fordham Institute issued a "manifesto"
titled Fund the Child: Tackling Inequity
and Antiquity in School Finance, which
lists dozens of signatories from across
the political spectrum. Since many of us
have worked diligently over the years to
tackle inequities in education finance,
we would like to be able to invite others
to climb on a bandwagon in support of a
better funding scheme. Unfortunately, however,
the proposal for Weighted Student Funding
(WSF), touted as the "100% Solution"
in this report, would actually be more harmful
than helpful to children’s interests.
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| New
Hampshire Supreme Court Requires State to
Define an Adequate Education
On
September 8, 2006, the New Hampshire Supreme
Court ordered the state to define a "constitutionally
adequate education" by June 2007, in
Londonderry School District v. State.
After recounting the state's years of failing
to establish this definition, the court
concluded that it is willing to defer to
the legislature one more time, and that
"in the absence of action…, a
judicial remedy is not only appropriate,
but essential" in order to vindicate
the constitutional rights of New Hampshire's
students.
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| Extensive
Education Finance Study in California; New
Mexico and Other States Also Study Costs
Because
California educates one in every eight of
America's schoolchildren, reforming its
low-performing, and many believe under-funded,
education system is critical to the nation's
future. Using an unprecedented series of
studies to analyze costs and formulate recommendations
for improvement, researchers in California
have launched a broad independent review,
designed and led by Stanford University's
Susanna Loeb. Read
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Give
Kids Good Schools Campaign Urges Public
to "Learn, Vote, Act!"
"When
it comes to the importance of improving
our public schools, Americans do get it,"
said Wendy D. Puriefoy, president of the
Public Education Network, at the recent
launch of multi-year campaign – Give
Kids Good Schools –
which intends to build a constituency of
Americans who will use their voices and
votes to achieve the goal of quality public
education for all children. "Give
Kids Good Schools will offer the American
public the information and power they need
to make public education a priority on Election
Day and every day," Puriefoy said.
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| November
Symposium Will Examine Closing Achievement
Gaps and NCLB
On
November 13 and 14, 2006, the Campaign for
Educational Equity at Teachers College,
Columbia University will host a symposium
titled "Examining America's Commitment
to Closing Achievement Gaps: NCLB and its
Alternatives," in order to substantially
advance the national conversation about
educational equity through solid scholarly
research. Read
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