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Tolled Education: An Economic Markets And Goods Analysis Of Inefficiencies In American Public Education, Ethan Dilks
Tolled Education: An Economic Markets And Goods Analysis Of Inefficiencies In American Public Education, Ethan Dilks
Indiana Journal of Law and Social Equality
The goal of this Comment is to evaluate the failures of the current system of education within the United States via policy and economic market and goods analysis lenses; in doing so, it will establish that public education in the United States is a toll good, and the only way to properly fix the inefficiencies that result is to reduce excludability and convert the education into a public good. First, Part I will overview how we got here by describing relevant laws and history, the current state of federal case law, and the dire situation for many students throughout the …
Fair Representation In Local Government, Ruth Greenwood
Fair Representation In Local Government, Ruth Greenwood
Indiana Journal of Law and Social Equality
This Article focuses on my work in Illinois to use the Voting Rights Act (VRA) to improve minority representation at the local level, but the themes and findings are applicable across the country because many states have growing minority populations in the suburbs just outside of large city centers. These minority populations tend to be much less segregated than the minority communities in the cities, and so it is more difficult to use Section 2 of the VRA (“Section 2”) to ensure both descriptive and substantive representation. I recommend the use of fair representation systems like ranked choice and cumulative …
When Diversity For Diversity's Sake Is Not Enough: Should Black Immigrants Receive The Benefit Of Affirmative Action At The Detriment Of Native Blacks?, Cedric Gordon
Indiana Journal of Law and Social Equality
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