Premature Celebrations: The Persistence of Inter-District Funding Disparities

Autor/inn/en	Baker, Bruce D.; Welner, Kevin G.
Titel	Premature Celebrations: The Persistence of Inter-District Funding Disparities
Quelle	In: Education Policy Analysis Archives, 18 (2010) 9, (30 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1068-2341
Schlagwörter	Educational Finance; School Districts; Resource Allocation; Educational Equity (Finance); Public Schools; State School District Relationship; Financial Policy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsfonds; School district; Schulbezirk; Ressourcenallokation; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Staatliches Schulamt; Fiscal policy; Finanzpolitik
Abstract	Two interlocking claims are being increasingly made around school finance: that states have largely met their obligations to resolve disparities between local public school districts and that the bulk of remaining disparities are those that persist within school districts. These local decisions are described as irrational and unfair school district practices in the allocation of resources between individual schools. In this article, we accept the basic contention of within district inequities. But we offer a critique of the empirical basis for the claims that within district gaps are the dominant form of persistent disparities in school finance, finding instead that claims to this effect are largely based on one or a handful of deeply flawed analyses. Next, we present an empirical analysis, using national data, of 16-year trends (1990 to 2005)and recent patterns (2005 to 2007) of between-district disparities, finding that state efforts to resolve between-district disparities are generally incomplete and inadequate and that in some states between-district disparities have actually increased over time. (Contains 26 footnotes, 1 table, and 7 figures.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Colleges of Education at Arizona State University and the University of South Florida. c/o Editor, USF EDU162, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620-5650. Tel: 813-974-3400; Fax: 813-974-3826; Web site: http://epaa.asu.edu
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10