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Educational Gerrymandering: Money, Motives, And Constitutional Rights, Derek Black
Educational Gerrymandering: Money, Motives, And Constitutional Rights, Derek Black
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Public school funding plummeted following the Great Recession and failed to recover over the next decade, prompting strikes and protests across the nation. Courts did almost nothing to stop the decline. While a majority of state supreme courts recognize a constitutional right to an adequate or equal education, they increasingly struggle to enforce the right. That right could be approaching a tipping point. Either it evolves, or risks becoming irrelevant.
In the past, courts have focused almost exclusively on the adequacy and equity of funding for at-risk students, demanding that states provide more resources. Courts have failed to ask the …
Taking Teacher Quality Seriously, Derek W. Black
Taking Teacher Quality Seriously, Derek W. Black
Faculty Publications
Although access to quality teachers is one of the most important aspects of a quality education, explicit concern with teacher quality has been conspicuously absent from past litigation over the right to education. Instead, past litigation has focused almost exclusively on funding. Though that litigation has narrowed gross fundinggaps between schools in many states, it has not changed what matters most: access to quality teachers.
This Article proposes a break from the traditional approach to litigating the constitutional right to education. Rather than constitutionalizing adequate or equal funding, courts should constitutionalize quality teaching. The recent success of the constitutional challenge …
The Congressional Failure To Enforce Equal Protection Through The Elementary And Secondary Education Act, Derek W. Black
The Congressional Failure To Enforce Equal Protection Through The Elementary And Secondary Education Act, Derek W. Black
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