MICHIGAN SUPREME COURT WILL REVIEW CHALLENGE TO UNCONSTITUTIONAL DIVERSION OF PUBLIC FUNDS TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS
The Michigan Supreme Court has granted review of an appellate court decision upholding a state law that directly…
AMICUS BRIEF SUPPORTS MAINE’S DECISION NOT TO USE PUBLIC FUNDING ON SECTARIAN SCHOOLS
Public Funds Public Schools (PFPS) has joined the National Education Association (NEA) and the Maine Education Association (MEA)…
AMICUS BRIEF SUPPORTS APPEAL CHALLENGING MICHIGAN’S UNCONSTITUTIONAL DIVERSION OF PUBLIC FUNDS TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS
Public Funds Public Schools (PFPS), a new initiative of Education Law Center and the Southern Poverty Law Center,…
ELC STAUNCHLY OPPOSES U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION’S PROPOSED SEXUAL ASSAULT AND HARASSMENT RULES
Education Law Center has submitted detailed comments objecting to the poorly-reasoned and unlawful Title IX regulations recently proposed…
EDUCATION RIGHTS CASES TO WATCH IN 2019
As the nation’s legal defense fund for education rights, Education Law Center supports and participates as counsel or…
SECRETARY DEVOS’S SCHOOL SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE NO PLACE IN OUR SCHOOLS
For immediate release Newark, December 18 – The Education Law Center strongly opposes several key recommendations by the Federal…
A VOUCHER BY ANY OTHER NAME
By Jessica Levin In the rapidly evolving world of education privatization, school voucher programs have taken on many…
GAO REPORT: TAKE A VOUCHER AND FORFEIT SPECIAL EDUCATION RIGHTS
By Jessica Levin Over half of the state programs providing vouchers for private schools are targeted to students…
SCHOOL FUNDING LITIGATION FROM COAST TO COAST
By Molly Hunter As of March 2018, school funding lawsuits challenging inadequate education resources, outcomes and opportunities, especially…
MOST SCHOOLS FUNDED FAR BELOW WHAT’S NEEDED TO ACHIEVE AVERAGE OUTCOMES
A new policy brief, authored by researchers at Rutgers University and released by Education Law Center, shows that most…