Taking Equal Opportunity Rhetoric Seriously: Envisioning and Costing-Out a P-12 Public School System in North Carolina Where Every Child Thrives. A Working Document: Version 2, July 2025
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| Title: | Taking Equal Opportunity Rhetoric Seriously: Envisioning and Costing-Out a P-12 Public School System in North Carolina Where Every Child Thrives. A Working Document: Version 2, July 2025 |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Chris Saldaña, Anna Deese, Kevin Welner, Kathryn Wiley, Tatianna Grant, Adam York, Michelle Renée Valladares, John Myers, University of Colorado at Boulder, National Education Policy Center (NEPC) |
| Source: | National Education Policy Center. 2025. |
| Availability: | National Education Policy Center. School of Education 249 UCB University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309. Tel: 303-735-5290; e-mail: nepc@colorado.edu; Web site: http://nepc.colorado.edu |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 54 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Sponsoring Agency: | W.K. Kellogg Foundation Stuart Foundation |
| Intended Audience: | Policymakers; Community |
| Document Type: | Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Early Childhood Education Preschool Education Elementary Secondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Equal Education, Preschool Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Public Education, Educational Finance, Costs, Court Litigation, Educational Change, Politics of Education |
| Geographic Terms: | North Carolina |
| Abstract: | What would it take to truly close the vast opportunity gaps in pre-K-12 public education in the United States--far beyond the weak standard in common use of "adequacy" based on test scores? This report presents findings from the North Carolina part of a national costing-out study called the "Price of Opportunity," which seeks to identify and estimate the cost of the resources and programs required to achieve this ambitious goal. The study also considers the balance between educational, social, and economic policy systems needed to eliminate educational opportunity gaps. The approach, findings, and cost estimates presented in this report inform a key part of the national Price of Opportunity study. This report provides estimates for a pre-K through 12 (P-12) public school system in North Carolina where every child can flourish, drawing on the groundwork laid by the North Carolina Justice Center and numerous other supporters of public education in North Carolina. The authors define an "Every Child Thrives" standard as one that ensures that every public school has the resources and programs needed to overcome the challenges facing students inside and outside of school. The system that meets this standard provides students from all backgrounds and circumstances with educational opportunities that prepare them to succeed economically and socially in college, careers, and life. The authors hope this report extends the ways that policymakers, scholars, and state and community stakeholders discuss and conceptualize the educational resources needed to close opportunity gaps. [Additional funding provided by CU Boulder School of Education Place-Based Partnerships.] |
| Abstractor: | ERIC |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Accession Number: | ED674822 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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