EQUITY FOR CHILDREN - LINKING EDUCATION AND CHILDRENS SERVICES

Education equity needs to be reconceptualized and merged with both the conditions of children and a broader concept of children's services t han schooling. Differences in spending on children's programs and serv ices are rarely analyzed, however, even though they are crucial determ inants of child outcomes. National goals such as readiness to learn pr ovide a stimulus for this broader definition of children's finance and equity. This article is designed to begin a discussion of an expanded definition of educational equity that includes out-of-school variable s and services.