(Paperback)

An in-depth look at the brave new world of school finance' (Education Week) and the latest struggle for equality in public education in America.'

(Hardback)

Beginning with the passage of Proposition 13 in 1978, and continuing through the barrage of voter initiatives, the state tumbled to the bottom of the nation's "quality of life" rankings. In "Paradise Lost", Peter Schrag examines the relationship between the politics of that retrenchment and the great demographic changes in the state.