There is increasing evidence that we have created a system to educate middle-class America, with the number of low income students disproportionately low. (Author)

Faced with a December deadline imposed by the State's highest court, New Jersey's legislature will soon convene in an extraordinary special session to consider a controversial proposal for changing the State's system of financing public education. Discusses that proposal and the current system for school finance. (Author/JF)

Argues that press coverage has been misleading regarding the Rodriguez and the Serrano vs. Priest cases, thus creating confusion over the basic issues of school finance. (Author/JN)

Discusses the implications for state funding of education behind the recent California case, Serrano vs Priest. (JF)

From the proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Education Commission of the States (3rd, Denver, Colorado, July 7-9, 1969).

Educators, legislators, and school chiefs register their reactions to the Rodriguez case and the Supreme Court's decision regarding it. (Author/JN)

Discusses possible future trends in educational finance following the California court decision in Serrano vs Priest. (JF)

Reviews past studies of the relationship between school inputs and student achievement. (JF)

Reviews Christopher Jenck's recent book, Inequality, a Reassessment of Family Schooling in America and its views concerning the relationship between school inputs and student achievement. (JF)

Discusses Minnesota's recent tax reform legislation which provides for increased state financing of education. (JF)

In the future, emphasis in the allocation of resources will shift from higher education to preschool and immediate post high school education. (Author)