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NATIONAL DISABILITY RIGHTS GROUPS APPLAUD SCOTUS DECISION IN PEREZ V. STURGIS

Published on: March 22, 2023

The Court’s decision reverses the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit to protect students with disabilities and ensure they are able to use civil rights remedies under IDEA.

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STATEMENT FROM EDUCATION LAW CENTER ON THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF SAN ANTONIO V. RODRIGUEZ

Published on: March 21, 2023

ELC disagrees that there is no fundamental right to a public education under the U.S. Constitution and continues to believe the federal government, courts, and laws play an important role in fostering educational equity.

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EQUITY AND DIVERSITY: DEFINING THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

Published on: February 28, 2023

A call for state-by-state campaigns to end inequitable school funding and segregation. 

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MINNESOTA SUPREME COURT URGED TO DECLARE DE FACTO SCHOOL SEGREGATION UNCONSTITUTIONAL

Published on: February 23, 2023

ELC and 33 of the nation’s leading education law scholars submitted an amici curiae brief urging the Court to reverse a lower court ruling in Cruz-Guzman v. State.

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BETSY DEVOS JUST CROSSED ANOTHER LINE. SHE'S AN ONGOING DANGER TO TEACHERS AND STUDENTS

Published on: July 23, 2020

Read this USA Today op ed by David Sciarra and Derek Black: Betsy DeVos just crossed another line. She's an ongoing danger to teachers and students

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ELC CALLS ON NJ TO JOIN STATES’ LAWSUIT TO STRIKE DOWN SECRETARY DEVOS’ ILLEGAL CARES ACT RULE

Published on: July 9, 2020

ELC is calling on NJ to join a lawsuit to block the Trump Administration’s attempt to reduce critically needed federal emergency funds from the state’s public schools.

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DISMANTLING INSTITUTIONAL RACISM

Published on: June 2, 2020

ELC stands with #BlackLivesMatter as we redouble our commitment to dismantling institutional racism once and for all and to building a just, fair and inclusive future.

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CONSTITUTIONALLY OBLIGATED: STATES CANNOT PASS THE BUCK TO DISTRICTS AFTER CLOSING SCHOOLS

Published on: April 29, 2020

All states are constitutionally obligated to maintain and support a public education system, even after closing schools to stop the pandemic, and that obligation cannot be delegated to local school districts.

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