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Accepting Justice Kennedy's Dare: The Future Of Integration In A Post-Pics World, Daniel Kiel Jan 2010

Accepting Justice Kennedy's Dare: The Future Of Integration In A Post-Pics World, Daniel Kiel

Fordham Law Review

In the wake of the most important public schools case in decades, Parents Involved in Community Schools (PICS), the future of diversity in public schools is in doubt. This period of uncertainty comes at a moment when parents, educators, and employers are demanding high quality schools that prepare students for an increasingly globalized world. Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, in his PICS concurrence, recognized this discrepancy and challenged districts to continue the important work of bringing different students together without resorting to unconstitutional means. Filling the void between what is essential to public education and what is constitutionally permissible after PICS, …


From T-Shirts To Teaching: May Public Schools Constitutionally Regulate Antihomosexual Speech?, Amanda L. Houle Jan 2008

From T-Shirts To Teaching: May Public Schools Constitutionally Regulate Antihomosexual Speech?, Amanda L. Houle

Fordham Law Review

In applying the First Amendment in the public school context, courts are faced with the challenge of balancing the constitutional rights of students against the discretion of schools to control speech and conduct on school grounds. This Note focuses on the specific issue of public schools regulating antihomosexual speech. Evaluating the First Amendment rights of students expressing antihomosexual sentiment through private and school-sponsored mediums, this Note ultimately argues for a comprehensive standard permitting schools to regulate both private and school-sponsored student speech.


Edison Schools And The Privatization Of K-12 Public Education: A Legal And Policy Analysis, Lewis D. Solomon Jan 2003

Edison Schools And The Privatization Of K-12 Public Education: A Legal And Policy Analysis, Lewis D. Solomon

Fordham Urban Law Journal

This Article examines the private takeover of the management of K-12 publicly funded schools. It focuses on one particular educational management organization, Edison Schools. This Article examines the situation in Philadelphia's public schools and the efforts of a local school reform commission to revitalize K-12 education. It goes on to look into the personalities of those who started and today run Edison Schools, analyze Edison Schools financial position, and discuss the structured educational approach Edison Schools uses in it schools. This Article addresses the policy considerations behind the efforts to privatize public schools. It concludes that while Edison Schools does …


From Equity To Adequacy: The Legal Battle For Increased State Funding Of Poor School Districts In New York, Brian J. Nickerson, Gernard M. Deenihan Jan 2003

From Equity To Adequacy: The Legal Battle For Increased State Funding Of Poor School Districts In New York, Brian J. Nickerson, Gernard M. Deenihan

Fordham Urban Law Journal

This Article evaluates the influence of federal courts' school finance cases on the New York school finance groups' decision to litigate in the New York courts. It then analyzes the importance of other states' legal precedents in school finance cases as a factor influencing interest groups in New York to challenge the state's public education funding formulas. This Article discusses the progression of public elementary and secondary school funding formula litigation in New York, focusing on the legal arguments raised by various interest group-plaintiffs and tracing the development of those arguments to school finance cases in other states. The conclusion …


The Push To Private Religious Expression: Are We Missing Something?, Kathleen A. Brady Jan 2002

The Push To Private Religious Expression: Are We Missing Something?, Kathleen A. Brady

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Pledge Of Allegiance Problem, Abner S. Greene Jan 1995

The Pledge Of Allegiance Problem, Abner S. Greene

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Lessons Of Creation-Science: Public School Curriculum And The Religion Clauses, Judith L. Benkov, Marilyn Rothstein Jan 1982

The Lessons Of Creation-Science: Public School Curriculum And The Religion Clauses, Judith L. Benkov, Marilyn Rothstein

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Public School Searches And Seizures, Doreen S. Stolzenberg Jan 1976

Public School Searches And Seizures, Doreen S. Stolzenberg

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.