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Will
Plaintiffs Appeal South Carolina “Minimally
Adequate” Decision?
Ruling that South Carolina
is failing to provide an adequate education
to its schoolchildren but declining many
of plaintiffs’ specific requests for
relief, Judge Thomas Cooper denied both
plaintiff and defendant motions to reconsider
his December 2005 trial court ruling in
South Carolina’s Abbeville v.
State lawsuit. While the plaintiffs
have not yet decided whether they will appeal,
Carl Epps, attorney for the plaintiffs,
told The State, “I don’t
see where [the] order provides enough relief
to avoid appeal.” Bobby Stepp, an
attorney for the state, has said the state
will not appeal. Read
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| Assisting
Schools “In Improvement” Without
Enough Funding
Schools
in need of improvement under the No Child
Left Behind Act face stark difficulties
because of insufficient funding, according
to the most recent report from the Center
on Education Policy. Furthermore, the report
shows that NCLB’s mandates may be
hindering its own objective of higher student
achievement. Read
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Public Wants Dramatic Changes in
NCLB
A
Congressional briefing, based on a report
from three years of nationwide public hearings,
let lawmakers know how students, parents
and community members see NCLB affecting
their schools and communities and presented
their view that NCLB needs dramatic changes.
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PROCEEDINGS FROM THE 7th ANNUAL QUALITY
EDUCATION CONFERENCE
Working
Together for Better Education
A
critical part of education advocacy is the
building of alliances and coalitions. Education
policy is an enormous issue with a great
deal of political inertia, and advocates
across the country have seen the benefits
of working together with partner organizations
in order to attack reform issues from many
angles. Two separate sessions at the National
Access Network’s Seventh Annual Quality
Education Conference, held June 7-8, 2007,
addressed this issue. Read
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On the Ground and Pushing for Change:
Grassroots Organizing
Grassroots
organizers pushing for quality education
led three separate sessions at the Seventh
Annual Quality Education Conference, held
June 7-8, 2007 in Washington, D.C., focusing
on initiatives to close achievement gaps,
successful collaboration strategies, and
the national “Give Kids Good Schools”
campaign.
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