NEWPORT NEWS, Va., July 30, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- School used to be all about ABCs and 123s. In recent years, however, money and poverty has affected the quality of education for some students, especially in the rural and urban areas and certain laws have been passed to assist those who need it. These laws are often controversial and hard to grasp. In her new book, School Reform, Finance and Law (now available through 1stBooks), Pauline V. Tonsil reveals everything needed to know about recent reforms and laws.
"School Reform, Finance and Law was written to reveal controversial educational issues based on recent and historical laws and court cases and to give perspectives on how they affect education in America," Tonsil says.
Tonsil tackles the most controversial issues in school reform: finance and law for public and private educational systems, such as school voucher programs, title 1 funding of the No Child Left behind Act and Students with Disabilities. In July of 2002, the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in the Cleveland school voucher case opened new grounds for debate on state funding of private and religious schools.
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2002 has placed assessment, accountability and quality of instruction requirements on schools to close the achievement gaps, especially in urban and rural areas. Still students with disabilities in postsecondary education face new and different set of adversities than they did in elementary and secondary education programs.
Her book provides the reader with background information, laws, court cases, issues and perspectives on the controversial programs and funding. She brings issues to the forefront, offering historical road maps of the school voucher program and title 1 funds and shows how each are used to close the achievement gaps in elementary and secondary schools.
Tonsil is a 2004 doctorate candidate in education at Capella University in Minneapolis. She holds a master's degree in management from Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Fla. She has a true love and interest in school reform and students with disabilities issues, which she devotes her time to reading about and researching. Tonsil hopes to work in an educational environment to improve the education of America's youth. She lives in Newport News, Va., with her husband and has a daughter who attends Dartmouth College. School Reform, Finance and Law is her first book.
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