Courting Failure: How School Finance Lawsuits Exploit Judges' Good Intentions and Harm Our Children.Courting Failure: How School Finance Lawsuits Exploit Judges' Good Intentions and Harm Our Children. Eric A. Hanushek, editor (Hoover Institution The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace is a public policy think tank and library founded by Herbert Hoover at Stanford University, his alma mater. The Institution was founded in 1919 and over time has amassed a huge archive of documentation related to President Press). Reforming Education in Florida In the state of Florida, public primary and secondary schools are administered by the Florida Department of Education. Florida's public-school revenue per student and spending per $1000 of personal income usually rank in the bottom 25 percent of U.S. states. : Recommendations from the Koret Task Force The Koret Task Force on K–12 Education The Hoover Institution’s Koret Task Force on K–12 Education is a group of senior education scholars brought together by the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, who work collectively as well as individually on . Paul E. Peterson Paul E. Peterson is a leading scholar on education reform.[1] His work has largely focused on the importance of parental choice for improving school outcomes. He is Editor-In-Chief of Education Next , editor (Hoover Institution Press). The prolific Koret Task Force on K-12 Education at the Hoover Institution is at it again. Hot on the heels of Charter Schools against the Odds, edited by Paul Hill Paul Hill is the name of:
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Courting Failure includes nine chapters that present "data points" on school finance lawsuits--demonstrating that court rulings show little relationship to the provisions of state constitutions, that plaintiffs are unable to link resource shortfalls to achievement differences, that enormous infusions of resources don't achieve their purpose, and so on. The volume concludes with a policy statement from the Koret Task Force: attaining the education outcomes we want "will take more fundamental changes than simply throwing more resources at the problem," changes like a strong accountability system, incentives aligned with performance, and transparency in the operations and activities of schools. In Reforming Education in Florida, members of the Koret Task Force put Florida's education policy under a microscope. Invited by Florida governor Jeb Bush John Ellis "Jeb" Bush (born February 11, 1953) is an American politician, and was the 43rd Governor of Florida as well as the first Republican to be re-elected to that office. He is a prominent member of the Bush family: the younger brother of current President George W. to scrutinize scru·ti·nize tr.v. scru·ti·nized, scru·ti·niz·ing, scru·ti·niz·es To examine or observe with great care; inspect critically. scru the state's practices and recommend future initiatives, the authors look at many education reform policies introduced in the last eight years in the Sunshine State, including the state's accountability plan, its value-added data warehouse (which tracks individual student progress and allows the state to evaluate schools based on the amount of individual student growth they produce), its alternative teacher certification and performance pay programs, its numerous school-choice proposals, and voter-initiated efforts like the state's voluntary universal pre-K program and class-size reduction initiative. The chapters are accompanied by concrete recommendations to help Florida extend its gains. |
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