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Education Law Prof Blog
4y ago
Low-income Seattle students began to pick up bagged lunches in March after their school closed. Karen Ducey/Getty Images Derek W. Black, University of South Carolina Public schools have faced three distinct challenges since the coronavirus pandemic began – scrambling to make sure that low-income children don’t go hungry, teaching students ..read more
Education Law Prof Blog
4y ago
Fifth National Conference on School Integration Join over 400 people from across the country to discuss and strengthen strategies for promoting racial and socioeconomic integration in elementary and secondary schools at our fifth national conference: National Conference on School Integration March 26-27th, 2020 JW Marriott Washington, DC Register for NCSD2020 ..read more
Education Law Prof Blog
4y ago
Research shows that school funding impacts student achievement. Rido/Shutterstock.com Derek W. Black, University of South Carolina With few exceptions, the various Democratic plans for public education share a common theme: more funding, less privatizing. Candidates Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and Bernie Sanders have promised to dramatically increase or triple current ..read more
Education Law Prof Blog
5y ago
The Education Law Association will host its annual conference on November 13-16, 2019 in Norfolk, Virginia. As always, the conference is packed with numerous nuanced education law issues and topics. This year Justin Driver, author of the Schoolhouse Gate, will offer the keynote. Mark Walsh, as in the past, will ..read more
Education Law Prof Blog
5y ago
Education is the bedrock of a nation’s development, yet more than sixty years after Brown v. Board of Education, America remains a country with significant barriers to equal education for all. This is true despite the fact that, according to the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. per-student spending is ..read more
Education Law Prof Blog
5y ago
For the second time in a week, plaintiffs have filed major school funding lawsuits. A few days ago, plaintiffs in Baltimore filed a lawsuit against the state, claiming that the state was way out of compliance with the terms of its previously agreed upon settlement and funding formula. Data indicates ..read more
Education Law Prof Blog
5y ago
Maryland was one of our school funding success stories, and an oddball of sorts. The first part of the story follows the script. In 1994, Baltimore City plaintiffs filed a lawsuit against the state of Maryland, alleging that state funding was insufficient for student to receive an adequate education. The ..read more
Education Law Prof Blog
5y ago
Preventing discrimination in the classroom. Shutterstock Derek W. Black, University of South Carolina The Trump administration is considering eliminating one of the federal government’s most basic tools for preventing racial discrimination. When the government runs or funds programs, those programs are obligated to ensure that everyone gets equal access and ..read more
Education Law Prof Blog
5y ago
For the second time this school year, Betsy DeVos got a judicial smack down for attempting to eliminate regulations from the prior administration. In September, it was over protections for student loan borrowers. Yesterday, it was over racial disparities in special education. In both cases, DeVos’s justifications for reversing Obama-era ..read more
Education Law Prof Blog
5y ago
Some charter school operators make profits by leasing space to themselves at unusually high rates. By Ilya Andriyanov from www.shutterstock.com Derek W. Black, University of South Carolina; Bruce Baker, Rutgers University, and Preston Green III, University of Connecticut While critics charge that charter schools are siphoning money away from public ..read more