September 18, 2013

Trial Date Set for New York Adequacy Case

A challenge to New York State’s education finance system brought by eight upstate small city school districts that had originally been filed in 2008 will finally […]
September 18, 2013

Pennsylvania Politicians Ignore Students’ Constitutional Rights

The Pennsylvania state constitution guarantees its students a right to a “thorough and efficient education,” but as students in Philadelphia return to school this month, the education […]
September 18, 2013

Washington State Expands Full-Day Kindergarten in Response to Court Order

Last year the Washington Supreme Court ordered the state to fully implement and fully fund by 2018-2018 the “basic education” program that the legislature had developed […]
July 10, 2013

Michigan Court Holds State Must Enforce Statute to Provide Special Assistance to Students Not Meeting State Standards

Holding that the state is ultimately responsible under Art. 8 of the state constitution for ensuring the integrity of the state’s system of public education, Justice […]