July 25, 2012

California Reneges on 8-year-old School Funding Settlement Agreement

California has yet to pay even half of the $800 million in Emergency Funds that it promised schools in a lawsuit settlement eight years ago, leaving […]
July 25, 2012

Washington Supreme Court Issues Order on Retention of Jurisdiction

After holding earlier this year that the State of Washington had not provided “ample” funding for the basic education to which all students are entitled under […]
July 25, 2012

Plaintiffs Suffer Set-Back in Rhode Island Case

Relying substantially on a prior adequacy decision of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, the state superior court earlier this month granted the state’s motion to dismiss […]
July 25, 2012

Reports Confirm the Costs of Implementing Common Core

Forty-five states and the District of Columbia have committed to adopting common core standards in English language arts and mathematics, but recent studies have emphasized that […]