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Creating a truly national school system has, over the past fifty years, reconfigured local expectations and practices in American public education. Through a 50-year examination of Alexandria, Virginia, this book reveals how the 'education state' is nonetheless shaped by the commitments of local political regimes and their leaders and constituents.

Objective. Public opinion on education has not been extensively studied, despite the important political dimensions of conflicts over education policies. This article seeks to understand the dynamics of public opposition to equal educational opportunity in the wake of state supreme court decisions mandating school finance reform. Methods. Exploring state level polls from Connecticut and New Jersey, the article analyzes attitudes toward equal educational opportunity through logistic and ordinary‐least‐squares regression. Results. Situating attitudes toward school funding within the contexts of attitudes toward educational equality, taxes, and school performance, this analysis finds support for both self‐interest and symbolic opposition to equalization, but it also finds that localism has a strong and independent effect on respondents' views concerning the desirability of equal funding in schools. Conclusions. Despite respondents' strong support for the principle of funding schools equally, their support is significantly eroded if they perceive that equality threatens or diminishes local control of schools.

Public opinion on education has not been extensively studied, despite the important political dimensions of conflicts over education policies. This article seeks to understand the dynamics of public opposition to equal educational opportunity in the wake of state Supreme Court decisions mandating school finance reform. Exploring state-level polls from CT & NJ, the article analyzes attitudes toward equal educational opportunity through logistic & ordinary-least-squares regression. Situating attitudes toward school funding within the contexts of attitudes toward educational equality, taxes, & school performance, this analysis finds support for both self-interest & symbolic opposition to equalization, but it also finds that localism has a strong & independent effect on respondents' views concerning the desirability of equal funding in schools. Despite respondents' strong support for the principle of funding schools equally, their support is significantly eroded if they perceive that equality threatens or diminishes local control of schools. 3 Tables, 30 References. Adapted from the source document.

Turn the promise of equitable education into reality. This is your guidebook for building an antiracist school. Written by two education leaders with different life experiences--including both systemic racism and white privilege--it provides a unique model for reimagining educational equity, actively dismantling institutional racism, and implementing strategic, methodical policies that benefit the entire school community. In this book you'll find A detailed case study of antiracist educational transformation What it really means to commit to racial equity Guidance for dismantling tracking and in-school segregation Positive, equitable alternatives to typical disciplinary practices Six steps to building an antiracist school system.