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Research ArticleII. Limitations and Proposals for Change
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The Shift from Adequacy to Equity in Federal Education Policymaking: A Proposal for How ESEA Could Reshape the State Role in Education Finance

Eric A. Houck, Elizabeth DeBray
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences December 2015, 1 (3) 148-167; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2015.1.3.08
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aAssociate professor of educational leadership and policy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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The Shift from Adequacy to Equity in Federal Education Policymaking: A Proposal for How ESEA Could Reshape the State Role in Education Finance
Eric A. Houck, Elizabeth DeBray
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Dec 2015, 1 (3) 148-167; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2015.1.3.08

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The Shift from Adequacy to Equity in Federal Education Policymaking: A Proposal for How ESEA Could Reshape the State Role in Education Finance
Eric A. Houck, Elizabeth DeBray
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Dec 2015, 1 (3) 148-167; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2015.1.3.08
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    • Abstract
    • FUNDING VARIATIONS AMONG AND WITHIN STATES AND DISTRICTS AND POSSIBLE REMEDIES
    • ADEQUACY AND OPPORTUNITY-TO-LEARN
    • OPPORTUNITY-TO-LEARN AND ADEQUACY FROM A SCHOOL FINANCE PERSPECTIVE
    • OPPORTUNITY-TO-LEARN AND ADEQUACY FROM A POLICY PERSPECTIVE
    • GOALS AND DESIGN
    • POLITICAL CONTEXT AND INSTITUTIONAL CONSIDERATIONS
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