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Download full textCooper, Bruce S.; And Others – 1980
A new argument is made for school finance equalization, based not on "equal protection" or "equal educational opportunity," but on constitutional requirements for tax equity in New Hampshire. Since inequalities in school finance are a taxation problem, they call for tax reform. The analyses rest on four points: (1) that…
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Kozol, Jonathan – 1988
Jonathan Kozol challenges politicians of both parties to confront the economic and political issues that deprive the poor of equal education. Criticisms of current policies include the following: (1) dependence on property taxes penalizes the poor; (2) local control protects privilege and oppresses minorities; (3) education has been removed from…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
