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…
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…
FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: HOW TO BETTER SERVE GEORGIA’S AT-RISK STUDENTS
August 20, 2019 Georgia’s current method of funding academically struggling students leaves far too many behind, according to…
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…
MOST STATES SHORTCHANGE PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS DESPITE GROWING EVIDENCE THAT MONEY MATTERS
Newark, NJ, February 22, 2018 – The seventh edition of Is School Funding Fair? A National Report Card…
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S PROPOSED EDUCATION BUDGET: THE IMPACT ON NEW JERSEY
President Trump’s devastating education budget provides sweeping support for privatization at the expense of the nation’s most vulnerable…