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| Education Digest: Essential… | 5 |
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| California | 1 |
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| Serrano v Priest | 1 |
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Adams, John Kay – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 1972
Article deals with origins and results of the Serrano v. Priest case which led to California supreme court ruling that the state's school tax system, based on property taxes in individual districts, is unconstitutional. Ramifications of this case, and of ruling, for the other 48 states with similar laws are discussed. (PD)
Descriptors: Court Doctrine, Court Litigation, Disadvantaged, School Taxes
Howe, Harold, II – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 1972
Article discusses the implications of the decision by the California Supreme Court that school financing through property taxes violates the Fourteenth Amendment. (SP)
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Equalization Aid, School Funds, School Support
Webb, Harold V. – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 1972
Author calls for increased state and federal aid and temporary measures to ease the local tax load. (SP)
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Educational Finance, Financial Support, Property Appraisal
Tucker, Willis – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 1972
Article deals with the views of individuals and what they want for their children in the classroom. (ML)
Descriptors: Accountability, Communication (Thought Transfer), Educational Quality, Evaluation
White, A. Howard – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 1972
Author, a newspaper editor, notes remoteness of many school administrators and teachers from community, leading them to assume support for school programs--and taxes--which does not exist. Seven suggestions point towards improving public relations and regaining parental cooperation. (PD)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Community Attitudes, Community Cooperation, Parent Attitudes
