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The Case against Equal Spending in the Missouri Public Schools.
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Jewell, Robert W. – 1993
Lawsuits challenging inequality in education spending have already overturned many state public-education-funding systems, and many more could be overturned. The equal-spending argument is based on unwarranted assumptions that lead to a series of foregone conclusions. A comprehensive analysis of Missouri public schools was used to study the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Quality