Pulling Back the Curtain: A Student Collaborative Case Study of Equity Issues in Colorado’s School Finance System
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- Title
- Pulling Back the Curtain: A Student Collaborative Case Study of Equity Issues in Colorado’s School Finance System
- Abstract/Description
- After the Great Recession, a seven percent decrease in funding ended decades of academic growth and further widened the achievement gap between White and Black students (Jackson et al., 2020). Colorado’s school-finance system is particularly distorted and inequitable because of a series of tax-limiting policies which, combined, have led Colorado to become one of the lowest-funded per pupil states in the country (Resnick et al., 2015). The purpose of this study is to describe the policymaking context, as it relates to equity within Colorado’s school-finance system and explore policy alternatives to improve equity within the system. The study was designed as a qualitative case study, conducted in partnership with three youth co-researchers in a modified youth participatory action research methodology. Data analysis was informed by critical policy analysis and critical theory. Study findings were visualized in a policy roadmap, designed for wide distribution across various state stakeholders and decisionmakers. This collaborative study contributes to the nationally emerging youth-led movement that interrupts dominant relationships, repositions power, and charts new territory in youth advocacy (Apple, 2019; Mansfield et al., 2012; Young & Diem, 2017).
- Author/creator
- Schwartz, Amy Jo
- Date
- 2021
- Institution
- University of Denver
- Committee
- Hesbol, Kristina
- Resnick, Phyllis
- Anderson, Erin
- Richardson, Jayson W.
- Resource type
- en Research/Scholarly Media
- Resource status/form
- en Thesis/Dissertation
- Scholarship genre
- en Empirical
- IRE Approach/Concept
- Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR)
- Language
- English
- Open access/full-text available
- en Yes
- Peer reviewed
- en No
- ISBN
- 9798480644708
- URL
- Official Dissertation Webpage (via ProQuest Dissertations)
- Open Access Dissertation (Digital Commons at the University of Denver)
- Citation
- Schwartz, A. J. (2021). Pulling Back the Curtain: A Student Collaborative Case Study of Equity Issues in Colorado’s School Finance System [Ed.D., University of Denver]. https://www.proquest.com/dissertations/docview/2587976565/abstract/B8F006AC8B446CBPQ/20
- Place
- United States -- Colorado
- Rights
- Database copyright ProQuest LLC; ProQuest does not claim copyright in the individual underlying works.
- Type
- Ed.D.
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