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July
14, 2010
Increasing Number of Legal Actions Challenge Constitutionality
of Budget Cuts
Advocacy Organizations in California File Second School
Funding Lawsuit
Advocates
Skeptical of Rhode Island’s New School Funding
Formula; Woonsocket Plaintiffs to Continue with Litigation
Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Appeal in NCLB Case
ACLU Report Advocates for Financing a $2.8 Billion Facilities
Plan in Baltimore
May
21, 2010
- Court
Enjoins Layoffs at Three Los Angeles Unified Schools,
Upholding Students’ Right to Equal Educational
Opportunity Despite State’s Budget Crisis
- Two
New Education Adequacy Cases in California
- Education
Organizations Sue NY Governor for Withholding School
Aid
- Study
Evaluates Advantages, Drawbacks of Value-Added Measures
- New
Book Calls for New Role for the Courts in Promoting
Social Change
April 1, 2010
- Connecticut
Supreme Court Holds that the State Constitution
Guarantees Students the Right to an Adequate Education
- Editorial:
USDOE Position on ESEA: Weak on Equity and Adequacy
- Layoffs,
Education Cuts Serve as Impetus for New Lawsuits
Filed in California and Indiana
- Legal
Updates: Illinois, North Carolina
- Changes in Teacher Pension Systems Face Legal
Scrutiny
February
19, 2010
- Equity
Symposium Presents Studies, On-the-Ground Perspectives
on Education Stimulus Impact
- Legal
Updates: WA, KS and RI
- Safeguarding
the Right to a Sound Basic Education in Times of
Fiscal Constraint
- Book
Review: The Schoolhouse and the Courthouse
December
1, 2009
-
N. Carolina judge convenes hearing on maintaining
adequacy during fiscal downturn
- Final
Race to the Top requirements address funding equity
issues
- Two
Florida lawsuits seek to enforce new constitutional
provisions
- Legal
Updates: CO, WA and 6th Circuit
- Campaign for Educational Equity announces fifth
annual equity symposium: "Stimulating Equity?:
The Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act (ARRA) on Educational Opportunity"
October
20, 2009
- NEW
BOOK ACCLAIMS ADEQUACY LITIGATIONS
- Charter
advocates challenge school finance systems in Arizona
and North Carolina
- Interview
with Tim Hogan, AZ Plaintiff Attorney
- Inspector
General report raises concerns over states' stimulus
use
September 8, 2009
- Legal
Updates: Missouri, North Carolina and Washington
- Advocates
press for greater emphasis on funding equity in
Race to the Top Regs
- Amidst
recession, states confront mounting teacher pension
costs
- U.S.
lagging in supporting children's well-being, says
OECD report
August
1, 2009
- Preliminary
analysis of states' intended use of federal stimulus
funds raises serious questions
- Legal
Updates: South Dakota and California
- Interview
with Andru Volinsky, N.H. Plaintiff Attorney
- Abbott
preschool participants outperform peers, study shows
July
1, 2009
- U.S.
SUPREME COURT REMANDS ARIZONA ELL FUNDING CASE FOR
FURTHER HEARINGS
- Campaign
for Educational Equity Announces “Stimulating
Equity?” Project
- Stanford
Study Offers Mixed Appraisal of Charters
May
29, 2009
- New
Jersey
- Hanushek
and Lindseth’s New Book: Purporting to Have
All the Answers
- 9th
Annual Quality Education Conference: Strengthening
Opportunities to Learn in Challenging Economic Times
- Blocking
Budget Cuts: Constitutional Perspectives
- “Judicial
Activism” is Constitutionally Required:
A Keynote Message by Judge Terry L. Bullock
- The
Federal Stimulus Bill and ESEA Reauthorization:
Pitfalls and Possibilities
- Reframing
the Debate on Charters and Vouchers
- Legal
Updates: Illinois and South Dakota
April 10, 2009
- Major ELL Funding Case Goes to U.S. Supreme Court
- Ohio is Back on Track for Constitutional Compliance
- New Jersey Judge Recommends New Path for Old Litigation
- 9th Annual Quality Education Conference
February 17, 2009
- Stimulus Bill Promotes Stable, Adequate Funding
- Profile: Arne Duncan
- 9th Annual Quality Education Conference: Strengthening
Opportunities to Learn in Challenging Economic Times
- Legal Updates: Alaska and Oregon
December 18, 2008
- Editorial: Strategies for Countering Budget Cuts
- Thinking Big About How to Close the Gap
- Legal Updates: Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey
November 13,
2008
- The
Role of the Courts: An Editorial Comment
- Obama
and Comprehensive Educational Equity
- Developments
on High Stakes Testing
September 29,
2008
- Tracking Educational Adequacy in Arkansas: A New
Legislative Approach
- Adequacy Trial in Alaska: The Remedy Phase
- Two Reports Illuminate Limitations of NCLB
- Equity Symposium on Comprehensive Educational
Equity:
Overcoming the Socioeconomic Barriers to School
Success
August
29, 2008
- Major New Case Filed In Illinois
- Multi-Pronged Approaches to Education Reform:
The South Carolina and Illinois Examples
- Trial About to Begin in South Dakota
- State's Motion Denied in Georgia
July 15, 2008
- 2008
Quality Education Conference Sets New Horizons for
the Adequacy Movement
-
Sustaining Success: The Court’s Role in Education
Adequacy
- The
Special Role of the Courts in the Education Adequacy
Movement
-
Righting Rodriguez: Implications for Advancing a
Federal Constitutional Right to Education
- Pollster
Cornell Belcher's Session on How to Promote Equity
and Adequacy
May 8, 2008
- Register
Now For the 2008 ACCESS Quality Education Conference!
- Plaintiffs
Prevail in Two Important New Decisions
- Analysis
of Adequacy Studies Shows Trend Toward Increased
Weightings for Poverty and Minority Students
- New
Cases Filed in Iowa and Alabama Raise Innovative
Adequacy and Equity Theories
- Targeted
Class-Size Reduction Can be Conducive to Educational
Equity
April 2, 2008
- New
Jersey A.G. Moves to Terminate Long-Pending Abbott
Litigation
- Assessing
Achievement Gaps Comprehensively
- More
Evidence of Adequacy Cases Leading to Improvements
in Student Achievement
- ACLU
Tests New Adequacy Theory in Florida Case
- Educational
Equity Requires School Reform - and More
February 15,
2008
- 8th
Annual Quality Education Conference: June
11-12, 2008, Washington D.C
- The
Education Adequacy Movement – The Only Game
in Town
- Emergent
Bilinguals: How Policy Has Misunderstood a National
Resource
- New
Mexico Cost Study Calls for a 14.5 Percent Increase
in School Funding
- Report
Warns to “Watch the Gap” in Education
Funding
January 14,
2008
- New
Jersey Announces a New School Funding Formula: But
What About Abbott?
- Connecticut
Plaintiffs File Appeal
- Success
Story – Title I’s Targeted Funding Formula
- Report
Sees Substantial Improvement in Teacher Quality
- EDITORIAL:
A Rekindled NCLB Suit Raises Concerns
December 4,
2007
- Pennsylvania
Study Combines Methodologies and Tries to Cost Out
“100 Percent Proficiency”
- Funding
Needed to Boost English Language Learners Over State
Exit Exam Hurdle
- Proceedings
from the Campaign for Educational Equity’s
3rd Annual Symposium:
- “Equal Educational Opportunity: What
Now?”
- Diversity,
Integration and the Supreme Court’s Seattle
Ruling
- Success:
Better Education through Litigation!
October 26,
2007
- EDITORIAL:
Adequacy Cases are Alive and Well
- The
Public of South Carolina Envisions Excellent Public
Schools
- California
Advocates Have Facts for “Year of Education”
- Interventions
Curb Dropout Rates and Give Solid Returns on Investment
- A
Gap Between Public and Private Schools? Not in Student
Performance!
September 14,
2007
- Plaintiffs
Disappointed by Missouri Trial Court Ruling
- Immigration
Trends: Two Reports Tell Us About Our Future
- Report
on Alternative High School Graduation Routes
- Litigation
Update: South Carolina, New Hampshire, Alaska and
Others
- Lawsuit:
“Highly Qualified Teacher” Rule Violates
NCLB and Harms Students
July 30, 2007
- Will
Plaintiffs Appeal South Carolina “Minimally
Adequate” Decision?
- Assisting
Schools “In Improvement” Without Enough
Funding
- Public
Wants Dramatic Changes in NCLB
- Proceedings
from the 7th Annual Quality Education Conference:
- Working
Together for Better Education
- On
the Ground and Pushing for Change: Grassroots
Organizing
July 3, 2007
- Editorial:
State Education Advocacy More Important than Ever
as US Supreme Court Slams Door on Integration
- Constitution
Satisfied in AR, Mixed Ruling in AK, Suit Dropped
in KY, NH Meets Court Deadline
- Proceedings
from the 7th Annual Quality Education Conference:
- Looking
to "Build on Success"
- Speakers
Discuss the Future of the Quality Education
Movement
- Congressman
Rangel Calls for a National “Crusade”
for Education
- Next
Generation Cost Studies
May 17, 2007
- What
Is Really Driving Up School Costs?
- What
Is The Future of School Integration?
- Litigation
and Cost Study News from NJ
- Conference
Will Feature Advocacy Organizations
- NE,
OK and AZ Courts End School Funding Cases
May 1, 2007
- Success
and Funding Draw NJ Voucher Lawsuit
- Editorial:
“Getting Down to Facts” Requires Gearing
Up for Change
- Public
School Supporters Fight UT Voucher Plan
-
Join Us In June!
- Courting
Failure Fails to Impress
-
Consolidation Harms Students, May Not Save Money
April 12, 2007
- CFE
Money Flowing to NY Districts This Year
- CA
Study Reveals Staggering Resource Gaps
- Court
Finds AZ Under-Funds ELLs
- WI
Study Illuminates Costing-Out Complexities
- New
Book Looks at School Segregation in CT
March 15, 2007
- "Falling"
Test Scores Are Meaningless Measures
- UNICEF
Finds US Among Worst Places to be a Kid
- MN
Coalition Pushes for "21st Century" Funding
- Think
Tank Reports "Severely Flawed"
- Conference:
"Fixing No Child Left Behind"
February 20,
2007
- Litigation
Update: MO, KY, IN, NE, OK
- Grassroots
Successes in ME and MS
- NY
Governor Spitzer Proposes Major Reforms
- School
Beyond the Four Walls
- Why
We Still Need Public Schools
January 17, 2007
- Missouri
Trial
- New
Washington Lawsuit
-
Education "Through a Wider Lens"
- “Close
the Gap” in Florida
-
Skills Commission Report Contains Overlooked Recommendations
December 20,
2006
- Litigation
Update: AZ, AR, and ID
- Public
Education Funding and Achievement Grow
-
MT, OH & OR Advocates Push for Better Funding
-
Rebell & Hanushek Face Off on the Future of
Public Education
-
Beyond NCLB
December 1, 2006
-
Can Schools Alone Lift 100 Percent of Children to
Proficiency by 2014?
- School
Funding Lawsuit Filed in WA
- Myth-Dispelling
Schools Have Keys to Success
- NJ
Legislature Proposes Sweeping School Funding Changes
- Conferences
Address School Funding
November 10,
2006
-
Briefs Examine Benefits of School Integration
- "Dismantling
a Community" in New Orleans
- Neediest
Students Not Receiving Fair Allocation of Facilities
Funds
- School
Funding Election Results Mixed Across States
- NCLB
Reauthorization Raises Practical and Moral Concerns
October 15, 2006
-
Adequacy Trial Begins in AK, Oral Arguments in NY,
Preliminary Hearing in GA
- Out-of-State
Money Funds “Local” Pro-Voucher PACs
- Rebell
Argues for More “Professional Rigor”
in Cost Studies
- From
Statehouse to Courthouse, Preschool Gaining Ground
- Reader
Response: Decentralization Requires Serious Consideration
- Advocacy
Groups and Local Officials Declare “Act for
Education Month”
September 15,
2006
- Editorial:
"100% Solution" Fails the Test
- NH
Supreme Court Requires State to Define an Adequate
Education
- Education
Finance Study in CA; NM and Other States Also Study
Costs
- Give
Kids Good Schools Campaign Urges Public to
"Learn, Vote, Act!"
- Symposium
Will Examine Closing Achievement Gaps and NCLB
September 1,
2006
-
Litigation Update: AZ, AK, CA, IN, NY, OR, OK
- U.N.
Criticizes School Segregation in U.S.
- Advocates
Fight to Fund Rural Schools
- NJ
Legislators Look for National Perspective
- Public
Supports Public Schools, Disagrees with NCLB
August 1, 2006
- Kansas
Supreme Court Issues Montoy V Decision
- Reports
Reveal Resource and Teaching Gaps
- D.C.
Education Amendment Tabled
- North
Carolina Legislature Funds Education Programs
- NAEP
Scores Similar at Public and Private Schools
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Spring
2005, Vol. 5, No. 1/2, "Opportunity Knocks:
Adequacy's Lessons for NCLB Reform"
Fall
2004, Vol. 4, No. 3, "Adequacy Lawsuits:
A Mounting Debate, Pro and Con"
Summer
2004, Vol. 4, No. 2, "Courts Assess Compliance:
Special Masters and Other Tools"
Winter
2004, Vol. 4, No. 1, "Public School Facilities:
Providing Environments That Sustain Learning"
Fall
2003, Vol. 3, No. 3/4, "Democracy and Public
Schools: Preparing Students for Civic Participation"
Summer
2003, Vol. 3, No. 2, "CFE v. State
Victory: Good for New York, Good for the Nation"
Spring
2003, Vol. 3, No. 1, "A Dialogue for Change:
Public Engagement & School Reform"
Winter
2002, Vol. 2, No. 3/4, Reciprocal Accountability:
A Model for Reform
September/October
2002, Vol. 2, No. 2, "Making Money Matter"
Programs That Work"
Spring
2002, Vol. 2, No. 1, "Courts Foster Dialogue:
An Emerging Model for Education Reform"
Fall/Winter
2001, Vol. 1 No. 3/4, "Equal Educational
Opportunity After September 11th
Summer
2001, Vol. 1 No. 2, "Costing Out an Adequate
Education"
Spring
2001, Vol. 1 No. 1, "Arguing Adequacy"
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