Saving America's School Infrastructure

TENTATIVE TOPICS TO BE INCLUDED: PART I: Overview and Scope of the Problem. Unmet School Infrastructure Funding Need as a Critical Educational Capacity Issue, Faith E. Crampton, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. Overview of State Funding of School Infrastructure: A Comparison of Funding Levels and Mechanisms, Catherine C. Sielke, University of Georgia. Canadian Approaches to the Financing of School Infrastructure, Vivian Hajnal, University of Saskatchewan. School Infrastructure as an Investment in Human Capital, Barbara Y. LaCost, University of Nebraska, and Terry G. Geske, Louisiana State University. PART II: Current Challenges to Funding of School Infrastructure. Urban School Infrastructure Funding Issues, James C. Cibulka, University of Maryland. Funding School Infrastructure: Rural America's Plight, Jeffrey Maiden, University of Oklahoma. Capital Costs and Higher Education Finance, Mary McKeown Moak, MGT of America, Inc. School Level Issues: Are Administrators Efficient Managers of Capital Funds? Brian O. Brent, University of Rochester. PART III: The Future of School Infrastructure Funding. A Policy Framework for the Funding of School Infrastructure, Lawrence O. Picus, University of Southern California. School Finance Litigation: A Strategy to Address Inequities in School Infrastructure Funding, Deborah A. Verstegen, University of Virginia. Alternative Funding Mechanisms for School Infrastructure, Jewell C. Gould, American Federation of Teachers. Funding Technology vs. Bricks and Mortar: Can We Have It All? Donald R. Tetreault, University of South Carolina. PART IV: Conclusion. Striking a Balance: State, Local, and Federal Responsibility for the Funding of School Infrastructure, David C. Thompson, Kansas State University, and Faith E. Crampton, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee.