School Money Trials The Legal Pursuit of Educational Adequacy

Acknowledgments

1. The Adequacy Lawsuit: A Critical Appraisal - by Martin R. West and Paul E. Peterson

PART ONE: Rationale

2. Adding Adequacy to Equity - by Richard Briffault

3. Reinterpreting the Education Clauses in State Constitutions - by John C. Eastman

PART TWO: Evidence

4. The Alchemy of "Costing Out" an Adequate Education - by Eric A. Hanushek

5. The Politicization of the School Finance Legal Process - by Matthew G. Springer and James W. Guthrie

6. Is Teacher Pay "Adequate"? - by Michael Podgursky

PART THREE: Impacts

7. Adequacy Judgments and School Reform - by Frederick M. Hess

8. The Non-Implimentation of New York's Adequacy Judgment - Joe Williams

9. The Impact of School Finance Judgments on State Fiscal Policy - by Christopher Berry

PART FOUR: Predictions

10. Adequacy, Accountability, and the Impact of the No Child Left Behind Act - by Andrew Rudalevige

11. Adequacy Litigation in an Era of Accountability - by Michael Heise

12. The Winning Defense in Massachusetts - by Robert M. Costrell

PART FIVE: Reflections

13. The Uncertain Future of Adequacy Remedies - by Kenneth W. Starr

14. Adequacy Litigation and the Separation of Powers - by Joshua Dunn and Martha Derthick

Appendix: Significant School Finance Judgments, 1971-2005

Contributors

Index