STATE DISINVESTMENT AFTER GREAT RECESSION COST SCHOOLS NEARLY $600 BILLION, LED TO “LOST DECADE” FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION
Just prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, public school funding in many states was deeply inequitable…
ELC URGES NY AND NJ TO ENSURE PUBLIC SCHOOLS KEEP MUCH-NEEDED CARES ACT FUNDS
States Must Inform Districts that Secretary DeVos’ Rule Diverting Emergency Funds to Private Schools Is Illegal In letters…
TRACKING STATE SCHOOL AID CUTS IN THE PANDEMIC
By Mary McKillip As the COVID-19 crisis extends into the 2020-21 school year, the full impact of the…
BETSY DEVOS JUST CROSSED ANOTHER LINE. SHE’S AN ONGOING DANGER TO TEACHERS AND STUDENTS
The following op ed by ELC Executive Director David Sciarra and Derek Black of the University of South…
ELC CALLS ON NJ TO JOIN STATES’ LAWSUIT TO STRIKE DOWN SECRETARY DEVOS’ ILLEGAL CARES ACT RULE
Education Law Center is calling on New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and Attorney General Gurbir Grewal to join…
DISMANTLING INSTITUTIONAL RACISM
Education Law Center stands with the many individuals and organizations expressing sadness and outrage and demanding justice after…
CONSTITUTIONALLY OBLIGATED: STATES CANNOT PASS THE BUCK TO DISTRICTS AFTER CLOSING SCHOOLS
By David Sciarra Governors in every state have ordered school closures to stop the spread of COVID-19, many…
EDUCATION LAW CENTER RESPONSE TO COVID-19 IMPACTS ON EDUCATION RIGHTS
For nearly 50 years, Education Law Center has successfully advocated for the legal rights of the nation’s public…
FEDERAL EMERGENCY RELIEF FOR SCHOOLS IS A START, BUT STATES AND CONGRESS MUST DO MUCH MORE
By David Sciarra, Jessica Levin and Wendy Lecker In the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act,…
ELC REPORT GRADES STATES ON FAIR SCHOOL FUNDING
Far Too Many States Get Failing Grades Newark, NJ, November 4, 2019 – Making the Grade 2019: How…