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EDITORIAL:
State Education Advocacy More Important
than Ever as US Supreme Court Slams Door
on Integration
Thirty-five years ago, civil
rights attorneys realized that – despite
the gains of Brown v. Board of Education
– many low-income and minority kids
went to schools that didn’t have the
basic resources kids need to get a good
education. Along with parents and other
education advocates pressuring state legislators,
these attorneys have been fighting in state
courts for good schools for minority kids
ever since. Read
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| Litigation
Update: Constitution Satisfied in Arkansas,
Mixed Ruling in Alaska, Suit Dropped in
Kentucky, New Hampshire Meets Court Deadline
The
Arkansas Supreme Court closed the Lake
View school funding case; an unusual
decision in the Alaska school funding case;
the plaintiffs in Kentucky's school funding
litigation have dropped their suit; and
the New Hampshire legislature met the court-ordered
June 30 deadline. Read
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| PROCEEDINGS
FROM THE 7th ANNUAL QUALITY EDUCATION CONFERENCE
Looking to “Build on Success”
Bringing
together over 150 litigators, advocates,
and organizers from 33 states and the District
of Columbia, the Seventh Annual Quality
Education Conference, organized by the National
Access Network and co-sponsored by the Public
Education Network, the Rural School and
Community Trust, and the Education Law Center,
examined many of the most critical issues
facing school finance. Read
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Speakers
Discuss the Future of the Quality Education
Movement
A
major theme in this year’s Quality
Education Conference was the need for a
strong national movement for quality education.
Advocates for quality education must work
together, speak in a unified voice, and
get citizens from across the country engaged
in education reform. Read
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| Congressman
Rangel Calls for a National “Crusade”
for Education
Calling
education an issue of national security
and international competitiveness, Congressman
Charles Rangel, Chair of the House Ways
and Means Committee, called on public education
advocates to work to turn quality education
into a major national issue. In a powerful
and engaging Keynote Address that received
a great deal of praise from participants
at the Seventh Annual Quality Education
Conference, the Congressman stressed the
importance of education to ensuring the
country’s economic well-being in an
era of transition from a manufacturing-based
economy to one centered on knowledge and
technology. Read
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| Next
Generation Cost Studies
The
concurrent session "Next Generation
Cost Studies" looked at an issue the
National Access Network considers key -
education finance studies - and focused
on studies in New Mexico and California.
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