ABSTRACT

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. The authors included in this volume provide critiques and explorations of several established theories and policy approaches that undergird contemporary thinking in the field of school finance. These explorations offer themselves as foundations for building new frameworks to understand how school finance policies might better support broader changes needed to improve the educational conditions faced by those individuals and groups traditionally underrepresented in economic, political, and social policy arenas.

part 1|98 pages

The Social Justice Implications of Contemporary School Finance Theory

chapter 2|23 pages

Critical Race Theory and Human Capital Theory

Framing the Discourse on the Nexus of Social Justice and Education Finance

chapter 3|26 pages

Measuring Educational Productivity in the Face of Social Justice Influences

A Discussion of the Efficacy of Relative Economic Efficiency for Determining School Improvement Factors

chapter 4|20 pages

Adequacy Revisited

A Critique of Prominent Conceptualizations of School Finance Standards

part 2|109 pages

The Social Justice Implications of Contemporary School Finance Policy