Full Description
State school finance formula cause funding inadequacy, allocative inefficiency, and educational resource equity gaps. Legislative and court-ordered remedies have failed to solve the disparities among schools and districts. This book's ground-breaking innovation shows how toshift the public education finance paradigm to fund K-12 public education properly, fully, and equitably by eliminating the duplicative and unnecessary layer of county government nationwide and repurposing those tax dollars while implementing economies of scale to achieve allocative efficiency.
Contents
Foreword — Charles J. Russo
Section I: Overview
Mission — Stephen V. CoffinValue Proposition — Stephen V. CoffinSection II: Constitutional Requirements
Lest There Be Any Doubt: Constitutional Sovereignty as the Basis for Education Reform in Kentucky — William E. Thro State School Funding Formula-based Inequities — Stephen V. Coffin Section III: Inequities in Human Resources
Teachers: Adopting a Culturally Grounded Asset-Based Mindset — Corinne BrionCulturally Proficient Professional Development — Corinne Brion Special Education — Keith Dewey and Stephen V. Coffin Resource Inequities among Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students — Thomas BargerSection IV: Inequities in Crucial Services
Early Childhood Education — Karin GarverSchool-based Healthcare Services — Camille A. Clare and Tanya O. RogoConsumer Education for Attaining Life Goals — Luke GreeleySection V: Innovation
Combatting Diseconomies of Scale — Stephen V. CoffinGaining Public Support for Public Funding of Public Education — Stephen V. CoffinAchieving Economies of Scale and Building Fiscal Capacity in Large School Districts — Stephen V. CoffinK-12 N.A.P.R.Holistic Budgeting Model — Stephen V. CoffinSection VI: Conclusion
Rescue Plan — Stephen V. CoffinRedlining Education — Stephen V. CoffinAchieving Educational Resource Equity — Stephen V. Coffin
