Research Publications
Long-form research from the Maestro Press capstone.
An "Efficient System"? Constitutional Analysis of Charter School Duplication, Bond Election Dependence, and Needs-Based Funding in the Texas School Finance System
Capstone research for INSD 5940-41 (UNT). Constitutional evaluation of post-’16 Texas school finance against Edgewood v. Kirby (1989) and Morath v. Texas Taxpayer and Student Fairness Coalition (2016), with an original campus-level At-Risk Coefficient (ARC) regression model (8,674 campuses, 1,203 districts).
Chapters
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Literature Review
- Chapter 3: Methodology and Analysis
- Chapter 4A: EDA — Descriptive Findings & ARC Risk Factors
- Chapter 4B: Dallas ISD — TIA and the Education Privatization Pipeline
- Chapter 4C: Austin Area — Charter/ISD Duplication
- Chapter 4D: Cleveland ISD and the Bond Election Mechanism
- Chapter 4E: ARC as Constitutional Remedy
- Chapter 5: Conclusion