| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 370 pages) |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Jersey city's tax war -- Celebrating the bicentennial -- The true believer -- Son of Robinson -- The families -- "The system is broken" -- The twenty-one/forty-one rule -- The children of Abbott -- A constitutional right to astroturf -- "We do not run school systems" -- The children grow up. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
In 1981, when Raymond Abbott was a twelve-year-old sixth-grader in Camden, New Jersey, poor city school districts like his spent 25 percent less per student than the state?s wealthy suburbs did. That year, Abbott became the lead plaintiff in a landmark class-action lawsuit demanding that the state provide equal funding for rich and poor schools. Over the next twenty-five years, as the non-profit law firm representing the plaintiffs won ruling after ruling from the New Jersey Supreme Court, Abbott dropped out of school, fought a cocaine addiction, and spent time in prison before turning his lif. |
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Education -- Finance -- Law and legislation -- New Jersey.
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Educational law and legislation -- New Jersey.
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Property tax -- Law and legislation -- New Jersey.
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Public schools -- New Jersey -- Finance.
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Educational equalization -- New Jersey -- Costs.
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Education and state -- New Jersey.
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LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Yaffe, Deborah, 1965- Other people's children. New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, ©2007 9780813542058 (DLC) 2007006033 (OCoLC)83977486 |
| ISBN |
9780813543932 (electronic bk.) |
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0813543932 (electronic bk.) |
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