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Goertz, Margaret E.; Weiss, Michael – Campaign for Educational Equity, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2009
Education finance policy in New Jersey has been shaped by over 30 years of school finance litigation. Through its decisions in "Robinson v. Cahill" (1973-1976) and "Abbott v. Burke" (1985-2005), the justices of New Jersey's supreme court have defined the state's constitutional guarantee of a "thorough and efficient"…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Court Litigation, Finance Reform, Public Education
Weston, Susan Perkins; Sexton, Robert F. – Campaign for Educational Equity, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2009
Over the past several decades, Kentucky's efforts to build equity, adequacy, and excellence in public education have produced substantial results. The state has moved closer to delivering for all children, but it has not completed the effort. Instead, having set itself a 2014 deadline to deliver proficiency for all, despite progress, Kentucky is…
Descriptors: Public Education, Educational Change, Educational Equity (Finance), Court Litigation
Rothstein, Richard; Jacobsen, Rebecca; Wilder, Tamara – Campaign for Educational Equity, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2008
This presentation summarizes two products of the ongoing work the authors are doing for the Campaign for Educational Equity. Part 1 of this presentation is a summary of "A Report Card on Comprehensive Equity: Racial Gaps in the Nation's Youth Outcomes." This report estimates the black-white achievement gaps in each of these aspects of…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Evaluation Methods, Youth Programs, Equal Education
Rivera-Batiz, Francisco L. – Campaign for Educational Equity, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2008
This research report examines the comparative educational condition of Latinos in the United States. The report discusses the dramatic shortfalls that plague the educational outcomes of Latinos relative to other racial and ethnic groups. The outcomes studied include educational attainment, school and university enrollment, basic cognitive skills,…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Outcomes of Education, Parent Participation, Educational Attainment