Courts as Catalysts
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AcknowledgmentsCh. 1Courts and Social Reform1Ch. 2Funding American Public Schools27Ch. 3Texas: "We Want to Surrender, We Just Don't Know Where To Turn Ourselves In"59Ch. 4Kentucky: "The Courts Made Us Do It"111Ch. 5North Dakota: "We'll Give You One More Chance"167Ch. 6State Supreme Courts and the Different Paths to Public School Finance Equity Reform207Cases Cited241App. 1Texas Questionnaires247App. 2Kentucky Questionnaires251App. 3North Dakota Questionnaires255Notes259Bibliography263Index281
\ BooknewsThis book examines the effectiveness of state supreme courts in Texas, Kentucky, and North Dakota in achieving funding equity between rich and poor public school districts. It includes approximately 90 interviews with policymakers and observers. In addition to focusing on specific states, chapters also discuss the relationship between courts and social reform, trends in the funding of American public schools, and different approaches to public school finance equity reform. Appendixes feature questionnaires from the three states studied. Bosworth teaches political science at Winona State University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
