Education and Equality
Education and equality: The battle for school funding reform.
Authors:
Waldron, John
Source:
Human Rights. Summer97, Vol. 24 Issue 3, p10-17. 3p. 1 Black and White Photograph.
Document Type:
Article
Subject Terms:
*EDUCATIONAL equalization
*ACTIONS & defenses (Law) -- United States
*EDUCATION & state
*EDUCATION -- Finance
Geographic Terms:
UNITED States
Company/Entity:
EDGEWOOD Independent School District (Bexar County, Tex.)
NAICS/Industry Codes:
912910 Other provincial and territorial public administration
913910 Other local, municipal and regional public administration
People:
RODRIGUEZ, Demetrio -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Abstract:
This article discusses various lawsuits filed as advocates try to advance the cause of equal funding for education in the U.S. Demetrio Rodriguez began his fight for reform in 1969 as the chief plaintiff in a suit against the Edgewood Independent School District in San Antonio, Texas. In that year, he and a group of parents filed suit to protest the lack of funding for the schools their children attended. Appealing the decision in favor of the district, they took their case to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1973. The case became a rallying point for school reform across the country. In the years following the filing of the suit, their battle cry is a simple one: the inequalities in funding between public school systems must be eliminated if quality education for all is to be guaranteed. Lawsuits filed throughout the U.S. are meeting with a margin of success as they try to advance the cause of equal funding for education. Charging that states fail to provide a school system that offers proper instruction, the suits are forcing state governments to reconsider public school funding. While Ohio faces a complete overhaul of the school funding system, other states face the challenge of capital funding for the construction of new schools. The most visible element of the issue, have become the focus of many court
Authors:
Waldron, John
Source:
Human Rights. Summer97, Vol. 24 Issue 3, p10-17. 3p. 1 Black and White Photograph.
Document Type:
Article
Subject Terms:
*EDUCATIONAL equalization
*ACTIONS & defenses (Law) -- United States
*EDUCATION & state
*EDUCATION -- Finance
Geographic Terms:
UNITED States
Company/Entity:
EDGEWOOD Independent School District (Bexar County, Tex.)
NAICS/Industry Codes:
912910 Other provincial and territorial public administration
913910 Other local, municipal and regional public administration
People:
RODRIGUEZ, Demetrio -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Abstract:
This article discusses various lawsuits filed as advocates try to advance the cause of equal funding for education in the U.S. Demetrio Rodriguez began his fight for reform in 1969 as the chief plaintiff in a suit against the Edgewood Independent School District in San Antonio, Texas. In that year, he and a group of parents filed suit to protest the lack of funding for the schools their children attended. Appealing the decision in favor of the district, they took their case to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1973. The case became a rallying point for school reform across the country. In the years following the filing of the suit, their battle cry is a simple one: the inequalities in funding between public school systems must be eliminated if quality education for all is to be guaranteed. Lawsuits filed throughout the U.S. are meeting with a margin of success as they try to advance the cause of equal funding for education. Charging that states fail to provide a school system that offers proper instruction, the suits are forcing state governments to reconsider public school funding. While Ohio faces a complete overhaul of the school funding system, other states face the challenge of capital funding for the construction of new schools. The most visible element of the issue, have become the focus of many court