Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Preface xi
5. Introduction: The Ends and the Means in Education Policy 1
6. Part One. Constitutional Issues and Legal Reform
7. Chapter 1. Post-Brown School Finance Reform 7
8. Chapter 2. School Finance Reform and the Alabama Experience 24
9. Chapter 3. Intradistrict Resource Disparities: A Problem Crying Out for a Solution 40
10. Chapter 4. More Than Equal: New Jersey’s Quality Education Act 53
11. Appendix to Part I: The Courts and Equity: A State-by-State Overview 70
12. Part Two. The Political Agenda of Education in the States
13. Chapter 5. The Role of State Legislatures in School Finance Reform: Looking Backward and Looking Ahead 85
14. Chapter 6. Steady Work: The Courts and School Finance Reform in New Jersey 101
15. Chapter 7. Charter Schools and Tax Reform in Michigan 115
16. Part Three. Stakeholders in Equity Reform
17. Chapter 8. Necessary but Not Sufficient: Moving from School Finance Reform to Education Reform in Washington State 131
18. Chapter 9. School Reform in New York and Chicago: Revisiting the Ecology of Local Games 147
19. Chapter 10. Linking Civic Capacity and Human Capital Formation 163
20. Part Four. Engaging the Community
21. Chapter 11. Power and Perseverance: Organizing for Change in Texas 177
22. Chapter 12. The Prichard Committee and Kentucky School Reform 200
23. Chapter 13. Advocacy to Restructure the Chicago Public Schools Through State Legislation 210
24. Conclusion: Creating a School Reform Agenda for the Twenty-first Century 230
25. Contributors 241
26. Index 245