Publications
Education Justice and Education Law Center research, analyze, and report on key public education issues to provide information and guidance for policy-makers, litigators, advocates, and others working to improve educational opportunities, especially for low-income and minority students. Our publications are available below. We also publish a monthly Education Justice Newsletter. If you have questions about any of these publications, please contact us at info@educationjustice.org.
RECENT
Is School Funding Fair? A National Report Card
The
National Report Card has sparked a national dialogue about the condition
of the 50 state school funding systems and improving funding fairness. It rates
the 50 states on the basis of four "fairness measures:” funding level,
funding distribution, state fiscal effort, and public school “coverage.” Using
more thorough statistical analyses, the Report Card provides the most in-depth
look to date at school funding—finding many states do not fairly allocate
education funding to address the needs of their disadvantaged students.
Building a Sustained School Facilities Remedy
NOTEWORTHY
Pre-K Policy Brief Series
The Education Law Center has released three pre-k policy briefs, which are intended to serve as resources for policy makers seeking to maximize participation in state pre-k programs. Including Children with Disabilities in State Pre-K Programs and Access to Pre-K Education Under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act were produced with support provided by the Pew Charitable Trusts. Formula for Success: Adding High-Quality Pre-K to State School Funding Formulas was issued by Education Law Center, Pre-K Now, and the Pew Center on the States.
BY TOPIC
Assessments
Michelle Fine et al., New Jersey Special Review Assessment (2007)
Cost Studies
Clive Belfield & Heather Schwartz, The Cost of High-Quality Pre-school Education in New Jersey (2007)
Editorials
Molly A. Hunter, Use Race to Top Money for School Funding "Catastrophe" (2010)
Molly A. Hunter, FORD FOUNDATION DOING IT RIGHT!: Wall Street Journal Attacks Urban Education Initiative (2009)
Facilities
David G. Sciarra, Koren L. Bell, & Susan Kenyon, Safe and Adequate: Using Litigation to Address Inadequate K-12 School Facilities (2006)
Molly A. Hunter, Building a Sustained School Facilities Remedy, Education, Equity, and the Law (2010)
Federal
David G. Sciarra, Danielle Farrie, & Bruce Baker Filling Budget Holes: Evaluating the Impact of ARRA Fiscal Stabilization Funds on State Funding Formulas (2010)
Letter to House Committee on Education and Labor Regarding ESEA Reauthorization, March 26, 2010
Letter to Senate HELP Committee Regarding ESEA Reauthorization, April 27, 2010
Funding Systems
Molly A. Hunter, Building a Sustained School Facilities Remedy, Education, Equity, and the Law (2010)
Litigation
Molly A. Hunter, Requiring States to Offer a Quality Education to All Students (2005)
David G. Sciarra, Enhancing Court Capacity to Enforce Education Rights: Judicial Tools Used in Abbot v. Burke (2009)
Molly A. Hunter, Judicial Findings: Egregious Conditions in Public Schools, Appendix 2, No Time to Lose, Southern Education Foundation (2009)
Opportunity to Learn
Molly A. Hunter, Remarks at Forum on Educational Accountability's Opportunity to Learn Hill Briefing (2010)
Pre-K
Ellen Boylan, High Quality Pre-K as the First Step in Education Adequacy: Using the Courts to Expand Access to State Pre-K Programs (2007)
Ellen Boylan and Deborah Splansky, Including Children with Disabilities in State Pre-K Programs, Pre-K Policy Brief Series (2010)
Ellen Boylan and Deborah Splansky, Access to Pre-K Education Under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, Pre-K Policy Brief Series (2010)
Ellen Boylan and Shad White, Formula for Success: Adding High-Quality Pre-K to State School Funding Formulas, Pre-K Policy Brief Series (2010)
