Download or read book Educational Adequacy and Michigan s Constitution Policy Brief 26 written by Gina Umpstead and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political battle lines are forming, once again, over the proper level of funding for Michigan's public schools. This time, however, the battle could be decided not by the Governor or the Legislature, or by taxpayer and education coalitions. Instead, the future of education funding in Michigan could be decided by the courts in what is known as an adequacy lawsuit. Michigan's Constitution may invite such legal action with its generous language that assigns the State responsibility for public education in Michigan. Michigan's Constitution contains no specific mention of the level of quality of its educational system. Instead, the State is directed to maintain and support Michigan's free public elementary and secondary school system. Because Michigan's Constitution places such a high priority on the State's responsibility to encourage its educational system, however-affirming that education is necessary for good government and the happiness of mankind-it is possible that an adequacy suit in Michigan could succeed. Without explicit guidance on the level of educational quality Michigan's schools must provide all of their students, however, it may be difficult for a Michigan court to find a constitutional violation of the education article. Michigan courts could establish an entitlement to an adequate education, as courts in other states have done on the basis of similarly vague constitutional language, but they are more likely to leave decisions about the quality of education--and the funding required to provide a quality education--to the Executive and Legislative branches, where such decisions have traditionally been made. The credible threat of such a suit should help to focus the attention of the Legislature and the Governor on the challenge and benefits of funding an adequate education for all Michigan students. In the end, though, it will be up to adequacy proponents to make and win their case in the court of public opinion, rather than relying on Michigan's Constitution to do it for them. (Contains 8 endnotes.).
Download or read book Achieving High Educational Standards for All written by Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education and published by . This book was released on 2002-04-15 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Council, with help from the US Department of Education, held the Millennium Convention in Washington, DC in September 2000. It gathered educators, researchers, and policy makers at the national, state, and local levels to assess success and failure in educating minority and disadvantaged students since the Brown vs, Board of Education decision nearly a half century before, report on research into the causes of the successes and failures, and review strategies and practices that hold promise for continuing improvements. There is no index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book Education Reform and the Limits of Policy written by Michael Addonizio and published by W.E. Upjohn Institute. This book was released on 2012 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Improvement of Public Education in Michigan written by Michigan. Public education study commission and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Determining Educational Adequacy in Michigan An Adequacy Study Utilizing the Exemplary Schools Costing out Model written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Determining educational adequacy in Michigan: An adequacy study utilizing the exemplary schools costing-out model.
Download or read book The Property Tax School Funding Dilemma written by Daphne A. Kenyon and published by Lincoln Inst of Land Policy. This book was released on 2007 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: States experiencing taxpayer revolts among homeowners are tempted to reduce reliance on the property tax to fund schools. But a more targeted approach can provide property tax relief and improve state funding for public education. This policy focus report includes a comprehensive review of recent research on both property tax and school funding, and summarizes case studies of seven states-- California, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio and Texas. The majority of these states are heavily reliant on property tax revenues to fund schools. While there is no one-size-fits-all solution, the report recommends addressing property taxes and school funding separately.
Download or read book Education for Popular Sovereignty Through Implementing the Constitution and the Bill of Rights written by Harold Norris and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book School Choice in Michigan written by Matthew Joseph Brouillette and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This primer explains school choice, historically reviewing the origins and growth of tax-funded schools nationwide and how they became synonymous with public education. It examines the rise of government-funded and operated schools in Michigan through the efforts of Isaac Crary and John Pierce and describes the negative effects of a 1970 state constitutional amendment that severely restricts parents' ability to exercise school choice. The primer demonstrates the failure of many past and present education reforms, including ever-increasing funding, to significantly improve the quality of government education, and it explains different types of school choice (including intra- and inter-district choice, charter schools, tuition vouchers, and tax credits). Finally, it evaluates the progress of school choice programs available nationwide; identifies individuals and organizations who support, oppose, or are ambivalent to greater school choice in Michigan; and outlines strategic plans that parents and other concerned citizens can follow to get involved in efforts to improve education through greater school choice. Appendixes include a glossary, a sample illustration of how to advocate for school choice with letters to the editor of local newspapers, and a list of where to go for more information on this and other education issues. (Contains 175 endnotes.) (SM)
Download or read book Equity and Adequacy in Education Finance written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1999-02-12 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spending on K-12 education across the United States and across local school districts has long been characterized by great disparitiesâ€"disparities that reflect differences in property wealth and tax rates. For more than a quarter-century, reformers have attempted to reduce these differences through court challenges and legislative action. As part of a broad study of education finance, the committee commissioned eight papers examining the history and consequences of school finance reform undertaken in the name of equity and adequacy. This thought-provoking, timely collection of papers explores such topics as: What do the terms "equity" and "adequacy" in school finance really mean? How are these terms relevant to the politics and litigation of school finance reform? What is the impact of court-ordered school finance reform on spending disparities? How do school districts use money from finance reform? What policy options are available to states facing new challenges from court decisions mandating adequacy in school finance? When measuring adequacy, how do you consider differences in student needs and regional costs?
Download or read book Strong Performers and Successful Reformers in Education Lessons from PISA for the United States written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2011-05-17 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume combines an analysis of PISA with a description of the policies and practices of those education systems that are close to the top or advancing rapidly, in order to offer insights for policy in the United States.
Download or read book Michigan Education Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes section: Moderaor-topics.
Download or read book Clearinghouse Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 916 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Rise and Fall of an Urban School System written by Jeffrey Mirel and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The updated edition of a highly-regarded work in educational studies.
Download or read book Current Law Index written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 1032 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Landmark Briefs and Arguments of the Supreme Court of the United States written by United States. Supreme Court and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Federal Right to Education written by Kimberly Jenkins Robinson and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2023-06-13 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How the United States can provide equal educational opportunity to every child The United States Supreme Court closed the courthouse door to federal litigation to narrow educational funding and opportunity gaps in schools when it ruled in San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez in 1973 that the Constitution does not guarantee a right to education. Rodriguez pushed reformers back to the state courts where they have had some success in securing reforms to school funding systems through education and equal protection clauses in state constitutions, but far less success in changing the basic structure of school funding in ways that would ensure access to equitable and adequate funding for schools. Given the limitations of state school funding litigation, education reformers continue to seek new avenues to remedy inequitable disparities in educational opportunity and achievement, including recently returning to federal court. This book is the first comprehensive examination of three issues regarding a federal right to education: why federal intervention is needed to close educational opportunity and achievement gaps; the constitutional and statutory legal avenues that could be employed to guarantee a federal right to education; and, the scope of what a federal right to education should guarantee. A Federal Right to Education provides a timely and thoughtful analysis of how the United States could fulfill its unmet promise to provide equal educational opportunity and the American Dream to every child, regardless of race, class, language proficiency, or neighborhood.
Download or read book Rights Before Courts written by Wojciech Sadurski and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2005-12-05 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Challenging the conventional wisdom that constitutional courts are the best device that democratic systems have for the protection of individual rights, Wojciech Sadurski examines the most recent wave of activist constitutional courts: those that have emerged after the fall of communism in Central and Eastern Europe. In contrast to most other analysts and scholars he does not take for granted that they are a "force for the good", but rather subjects them to critical scrutiny.
