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| Litigation
Update: Arizona, Arkansas, and Idaho
In
the past month, an Arizona appellate court
upheld a lower court’s dismissal of
a challenge to the state’s school
funding system, and the Arkansas Supreme
Court extended its jurisdiction over the
Lake View school funding case for
an additional six months. The Arizona plaintiffs
will appeal. In a third case, a recent trial
court judgment in Idaho added to the confusion
surrounding the state’s long-running
facilities funding case, ISEEO v. State.
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Public
Education Funding and Achievement Grow
Opponents
of increased funding for public schools
often fall back on the argument that “money
doesn’t matter” in education.
Commentator Frederick Hess put the case
bluntly in an article for The American
Enterprise magazine: “After-inflation
school spending has more than tripled since
1960,” he claimed, and argued that
these increases in spending “have
not been matched by improved student achievement”
– pointing to NAEP test scores. Despite
the frequent repetition of these charges,
both allegations are grossly inaccurate.
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| Montana,
Ohio & Oregon Advocates Push for Better
Funding
With
the 2006 midterm elections behind them,
education advocacy organizations across
the country are lobbying the newly elected
state legislatures for increased education
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| Rebell
and Hanushek Face Off on the Future of Public
Education
On
December 12, at an event sponsored by the
conservative think-tank, the Manhattan Institute,
Dr. Eric Hanushek, from Stanford University’s
Hoover Institution, and Michael A. Rebell,
from Teachers College, Columbia University,
squared off in a debate over school funding
litigations, voucher proposals, and the
future of American education. The program
also featured Randi Weingarten, president
of the United Federation of Teachers.
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Beyond
NCLB
This
essay, written by George Wood, Director
of the Forum for Education and Democracy,
is part of our continuing opinion series
I
have to admit that when the No Child Left
Behind (NCLB) act was passed I paid little
attention. As a high school principal I
had other things on my mind, like developing
a literacy program, finding funding for
our students to do more internships, senior
project night, next year’s schedule,
and scraping together enough dimes from
vending machines to send our juniors on
college visits. Federal legislation was
the last thing on my mind; I was interested
in the quality of work going on in our classrooms.
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