To What Ends and By What Means: The Social Justice Implications of Contemporary School Finance Theory and Policy / Edition 1

by Gloria M. Rodriguez

Overview

This unique collection examines the social justice implications of contemporary economic, finance, and budgeting policies affecting the K-12 education system in the United States.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	2900415954838
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/02/2007
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

About the Author

Gloria Rodriguez is an Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of California at Davis.

R. Anthony Rolle is an Assistant Professor of Educational Administration at University of Redlands

Table of Contents

Foreword   Patricia Gandara     vii
Acknowledgments     xi
Why a Social Justice Framing of School Finance-And Why Now?   Gloria M. Rodriguez   R. Anthony Rolle     1
The Social Justice Implications of Contemporary School Finance Theory
A Political Theory of Social Justice in American Schools   Barry L. Bull     9
Critical Race Theory and Human Capital Theory: Framing the Discourse on the Nexus of Social Justice and Education Finance   Enrique Aleman, Jr.     35
Measuring Educational Productivity in the Face of Social Justice Influences: A Discussion of the Efficacy of Relative Economic Efficiency for Determining School Improvement Factors   R. Anthony Rolle   Arthur X. Fuller     59
Adequacy Revisited: A Critique of Prominent Conceptualizations of School Finance Standards   Nicola A. Alexander     85
The Social Justice Implications of Contemporary School Finance Policy
Cycling On in Cultural Deficit Thinking: California School Finance and the Possibilities of Critical Policy Analysis   Gloria M. Rodriguez     107
The Resource Implications of NCLB for the Recruitment, Preparation, and Retention of Highly Qualified Teachers for English Learners in California   Sarah A. Gonzales   James L. Rodriguez     145
Investing in Student Lives Outside of School to Increase AchievementInside Schools   David C. Berliner     161
On the International Dimension of Education and Social Justice   Stephen P. Heyneman     189
Toward a Vision of Social Justice Frameworks in School Finance   R. Anthony Rolle   Gloria M. Rodriguez   Julie Lopez Figueroa     207
Editors and Contributors     215
Index     219

Editorial Reviews

Ernest House, Professor, University of Colorado

"I believe this book could make a significant contribution to the educational finance literature, depending on how the individual chapters are executed. . . . Certainly, from the proposal and the people involved, it seems to me worth a try. It would fill a big hole in the literature."

Luis Huerta, Assistant Professor, Teachers College

"There is certainly a potential niche for this sort of book, mostly because there is no text in school finance that I know of that provides a strong link between social issues and the economic and policy issues that dominate current discussions on school finance policy. The challenge for this book, however, will be to embrace both an audience that examines issues from a social policy perspective and an audience that approaches issues from a more rational economic perspective (the traditionalist in school finance research and policy). This challenge is what makes this book proposal a good candidate that can begin bridging the divide."

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