Overcoming the Educational Resource Equity Gap: A Close Look at Distributing a School's Financial and Human Resources

by Stephen V. Coffin (Editor)

Overview

State school finance formula cause funding inadequacy, allocative inefficiency, and educational resource equity gaps. Legislative and court-ordered remedies have failed to solve the disparities among schools and districts. This book’s ground-breaking innovation shows how toshift the public education finance paradigm to fund K-12 public education properly, fully, and equitably by eliminating the duplicative and unnecessary layer of county government nationwide and repurposing those tax dollars while implementing economies of scale to achieve allocative efficiency.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781475862454
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	02/27/2023
Pages:	278
Product dimensions:	6.34(w) x 9.08(h) x 0.88(d)

About the Author

Stephen V. Coffin, PhD, MBA, MPA, is an Adjunct Professor of School Finance and Higher Education Economics and Finance for Montclair State University’s Graduate School of Education and an Adjunct Professor of Finance for the University of Dayton’s Online Ed.D. Program.

Table of Contents

Foreword — Charles J. Russo

Section I: Overview

1. Mission — Stephen V. Coffin
2. Value Proposition — Stephen V. Coffin

Section II: Constitutional Requirements

1. Lest There Be Any Doubt: Constitutional Sovereignty as the Basis for Education Reform in Kentucky — William E. Thro
2. State School Funding Formula-based Inequities — Stephen V. Coffin

Section III: Inequities in Human Resources

1. Teachers: Adopting a Culturally Grounded Asset-Based Mindset — Corinne Brion
2. Culturally Proficient Professional Development — Corinne Brion
3. Special Education — Keith Dewey and Stephen V. Coffin
4. Resource Inequities among Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students — Thomas Barger

Section IV: Inequities in Crucial Services

1. Early Childhood Education — Karin Garver
2. School-based Healthcare Services — Camille A. Clare and Tanya O. Rogo
3. Consumer Education for Attaining Life Goals — Luke Greeley

Section V: Innovation

1. Combatting Diseconomies of Scale — Stephen V. Coffin
2. Gaining Public Support for Public Funding of Public Education — Stephen V. Coffin
3. Achieving Economies of Scale and Building Fiscal Capacity in Large School Districts — Stephen V. Coffin
4. K-12 N.A.P.R.Holistic Budgeting Model — Stephen V. Coffin

Section VI: Conclusion

1. Rescue Plan — Stephen V. Coffin
2. Redlining Education — Stephen V. Coffin
3. Achieving Educational Resource Equity — Stephen V. Coffin

Editorial Reviews

Dr. Coffin has written the definitive book on K-12 equitable resource allocation, funding, budgeting, governance, and operational excellence for the twenty-first century. Overcoming the Educational Resource Equity Gap is a prescient read that informs schools and districts how to achieve equal educational opportunity, allocative efficiency, economies of scale, resource equity, and financial stability as well as sustainability amid the epic COVID pandemic, social justice crises, climate change existential threats, economic upheaval, and increasingly scarce resources.

A hands-on approach to achieving educational resource equity for readers ranging from those entering the field to those well-versed in the field, Overcoming the Educational Resource Equity Gap provides solutions for all stakeholders. In addition, Dr. Coffin’s holistic budgeting model can prevent financial exigency, allocative inequities, and inefficiency while enabling schools and districts not only to achieve financial sustainability but also educational as well as operational excellence.

An extremely well-written, researched, documented, and organized volume, with contributions from leading academicians, practitioners, and policy makers in the world of educational equity, finance, economics, and operations, this book will be an invaluable asset for educators, administrators, policy makers, researchers, and practitioners, as well as those who are interested in devising systems of equal opportunity, allocative efficiency, economies of scale, resource equity, and financial sustainability to best serve all of America’s students regardless of where or how they attend school.

Bruce S. Cooper

Dr. Coffin has written the definitive book on K-12 equitable resource allocation, funding, budgeting, governance, and operational excellence for the twenty-first century. Overcoming the Educational Resource Equity Gap is a prescient read that informs schools and districts how to achieve equal educational opportunity, allocative efficiency, economies of scale, resource equity, and financial stability as well as sustainability amid the epic COVID pandemic, social justice crises, climate change existential threats, economic upheaval, and increasingly scarce resources.

A hands-on approach to achieving educational resource equity for readers ranging from those entering the field to those well-versed in the field, Overcoming the Educational Resource Equity Gap provides solutions for all stakeholders. In addition, Dr. Coffin's holistic budgeting model can prevent financial exigency, allocative inequities, and inefficiency while enabling schools and districts not only to achieve financial sustainability but also educational as well as operational excellence.

An extremely well-written, researched, documented, and organized volume, with contributions from leading academicians, practitioners, and policy makers in the world of educational equity, finance, economics, and operations, this book will be an invaluable asset for educators, administrators, policy makers, researchers, and practitioners, as well as those who are interested in devising systems of equal opportunity, allocative efficiency, economies of scale, resource equity, and financial sustainability to best serve all of America's students regardless of where or how they attend school.

--Bruce S. Cooper, PhD, emeritus professor and vice chair, Division of Administration, Policy and Urban Education, Fordham University

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