EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY-1971

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SELECT COMMITTEE ON ..

EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY

OF THE

UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY

PART 16A-INEQUALITY IN SCHOOL FINANCE

WASHINGTON, D.C., SEPTEMBER 21, 22, 23, 1971

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SELECT COMMITTEE ON EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY

WALTER F. MONDALE, Minnesota, Chairman

CONTENTS

INEQUALITY IN SCHOOL FINANCE

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1971

Opening statement of Senator Mondale, chairman..

Pago

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CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

Shedd, Dr. Mark R., superintendent of schools, Philadelphia, Pa..........

Blanchard, Dr. Robert W., superintendent of schools, Portland Public

Schools, Portland, Oreg....

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1971

Berke, Joel S., director, Educational Finance and Governance Program,

Policy Institute of the Syracuse University Research Corp. -

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Prepared statement of Mr. Berke and Mr. Kelly..

Kelly, James A., program officer in public education, The Ford Founda-

tion, New York City..

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1971

Hobson, Julius W., director, the Washington Institute for Quality Ed-

ucation, Washington, D.C..

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Benson, Charles S., professor, Department of Education, University of

California (Berkeley), and staff director, New York State Commission

on Quality, Cost and Financing of Elementary and Secondary Education. 6697

Prepared statement of

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Barrett, Mrs. Catharine, president-elect, National Education Asso.; accom-

panied by Glen Robinson, director, NEA Research Division; and,

Stanley J. McFarland, assistant executive secretary for Government

Relations and Citizenship.

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Prepared statement of

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Robinson, Glen, prepared statement of..

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