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Accountability
December 13, 2006: Rebell
and Hanushek Face Off on the Future of Public Education
March 13, 2006: Closing
Gaps in New Jersey’s Urban Districts
January 31, 2006: Good
News: NAEP Scores Show Dramatic Gains by Students
March
19, 2004: North Carolina School Funding,
Accountability, and Student Achievement Gains
January
27, 2004: California Forum Tackles Issues
of School Funding, Accountability Achievement
Gap
December 18, 2008: Thinking
Big About How to Close the Gap
May 8, 2008: Targeted
Class-Size Reduction Can be Conducive to Educational
Equity
March 31, 2008: Assessing
Achievement Gaps Comprehensively
December 4, 2007: Funding
Needed to Boost English Language Learners Over State
Exit Exam Hurdle
January 16, 2007: Looking
at Education “Through a Wider Lens”
December 19, 2006: Public
Education Funding and Achievement Grow
November 29, 2006:
Myth-Dispelling Schools Have Keys to Success
July 12, 2006: Resource
and Teaching Gaps Cited by Education Trust and the Children’s
Defense Fund
June 27, 2006: Debate
on Graduation Rates Heats Up
March 13, 2006: Closing
Gaps in New Jersey’s Urban Districts
March 13, 2006: Harmful
Income Gap Increases
November 3, 2005: Closing
Achievement Gap Depends on Developing Collective Will
October 31, 2005: Strategies for Really Closing the Achievement Gap
October 31, 2005: Annual Cost of Inadequate Education is Hundreds of Billions of Dollars
August 9, 2005: State Courts Rule That
Education is Key to Our Future
August 4, 2005: United Church of Christ Explores Barriers to and Strategies
for Excellent Schools June 16, 2005: Michael
Rebell Will Lead “Campaign for Educational
Equity” at
Teachers College
April 6, 2005: Ohio
Forum Discusses “Hard Bigotry of High Expectations
and Low Resources”
February 28, 2005: Prichard
Committee Unpacks “Black Box” of High-Performing,
High-Poverty Schools
February 14, 2005: Handbook
Details Challenges and Solutions for Mobile Students
February 11, 2005: Report
on Black Male Students Illustrates an “Ignored
American Tragedy”
November 15, 2004: Book
Review: Class and Schools by Richard Rothstein
June 14, 2004: Public
Education Has Improved Greatly In Recent Years; Still
More Needs to Be Done
October 1, 2002: Study
Finds that Achievement Gap Begins Before Kindergarten
August 29, 2002:
New Report Reveals Major Funding Gaps in
School Districts Educating Low-Income or Minority Students September
30, 2001: Research Shows DoD Schools Are
High Scoring and Closing the Achievement Gap
Brown v. Board of
Education
June 29, 2007: Editorial:
State Education Advocacy More Important than Ever as
US Supreme Court Slams Door on Integration
November 22, 2005: Report
Finds Diversity Essential to High Quality Education
May 13, 2004: Adequacy
Movement Advancing the Promise of Brown
April 6, 2004: Long
Island University Conference Looks "Beyond Brown:
Taking Brown v. Board of Education into the 21st
Century"
January 14, 2004: Numerous
50th Anniversary Events Commemorate Brown v. Board of Education October
14, 2003: Plaintiff Witnesses Decry
Conditions in South Carolina Schools Seeking Equal Opportunity 50 Years after
Brown v. Board of Education May
16, 2003: Brown v. Board of Education:
50th Anniversary Year Begins
Costing Out/Cost Studies
May 8, 2008: Analysis
of Adequacy Studies Shows Trend Toward Increased Weightings
for Poverty and Minority Students
February 15, 2008: New
Mexico Cost Study Calls for a 14.5 Percent Increase
in School Funding
December 4, 2007: Pennsylvania
Study Combines Methodologies and Tries to Cost Out “100
Percent Proficiency”
May 1, 2007: Editorial:
In California, “Getting Down to Facts” Requires
Gearing Up for Change
April 11, 2007: Reviewing
Wisconsin Cost Study Illuminates Costing-Out Complexities
April 5, 2007: California
Study Reveals Staggering Resource Gaps; Five More States
Release Studies
October 13, 2006: Rebell
Argues for More “Professional Rigor” in
Cost Studies
September 14, 2006: Extensive
Education Finance Study in California; New Mexico and
Other States Also Study Costs
June 22, 2006: Money
Matters: Examining Cost Studies, School Funding, and
Tax Structures at Annual Access Conference
March 27, 2006: Costing
Out Debate and Other Issues Examined at AEFA Conference
February 28, 2006: Court-Ordered
Fines Reach $20 Million in Arizona
January 31, 2006: Kansas
Cost Study Finds that Schools Need at Least $316 Million
More
January 20, 2006: South Dakota Cost Study Finds Education Underfunded by $133 Million
January 6, 2006: Wyoming Cost Study Suggests $142 Million Increase
October 11, 2005: Hawaii Adequacy Study Calls for 17% Increase
January 31, 2005: Oregon
Quality Education Commission Finds Severe Lack of Resources
January 28, 2005: Inadequate
Resources Jeopardize Education in California
January 13, 2005: Number
of Cost Studies Increases in 2004
November 10, 2004: Study
Shows Costs of a Basic Education are More Than Tennessee
Bargained For
November 5, 2004: Answering
Questions on the Costs of NCLB
June 14, 2004: Vermont
Study Suggests Increase in Education Spending and Emphasis
on Effective Programs
May 11, 2004: Public
Engagement Becoming Essential Component of Education
Cost Studies
March 31, 2004: Two
New York Cost Studies Call for Billions More for Schools
March
11, 2004: Texas Study Concludes
that Money Does Matter; Schools Need an Additional $226 to $408 Million March
9, 2004: Minnesota Study Predicts
Cost of NCLB January 29, 2004: Study
Finds NCLB Will Cost $1.5 Billion in Ohio January 14, 2004: Number
of Costing-Out Studies Will Continue to Grow in 2004 November 24, 2003:
Maine Costing-Out Study Calls for
10% Increase in Education Funding October 23, 2003: Missouri
Costing-Out Study Finds $913 Million More is Needed September 12, 2003:
North Dakota "Adequacy Study" Recommends
31% Increase In Revenue for K-12 Education September 4, 2003: Arkansas
"Adequacy Study" Calls for Increased Funding and Recommends Major Restructuring April
11, 2003: Washington Quality Education
Study Recommends $1.7 Billion More for Schools January 17, 2003: Alaska
Legislature Releases Cost Study August 23, 2002: Montana
School Funding Study Calculates Cost of Meeting State and Federal Standards June
2002: Institute for Wisconsin's Future
Costing-Out Study Calls for 32% Increase in School Funding April 11,
2002: Maryland Revamps State Funding
for Schools: Adds $1.3 Billion Based on Adequacy Cost Study December
2001: Alabama Adequacy Plan Calls for
50% Increase in School Funding July 2001: Illinois
Education Funding Board Releases Costing-Out Report
June 2001: Two
Cost Studies in Maryland Call For Billions More For
Schools
Education Programs
and Strategies
November 13, 2008: Obama
and Comprehensive Educational Equity
October 25, 2007: A
Gap Between Public and Private Schools? Not in Student
Performance!
September 14, 2007: Immigration
Trends: Two Reports Tell Us About Our Future
September 14, 2007: Report
on Alternative High School Graduation Routes
February 21, 2007: School
Beyond the Four Walls
January 16, 2007: Looking
at Education “Through a Wider Lens”
January 16, 2007: Coverage
of Skills Commission Report Overlooks Important Recommendations
December 13, 2006: Rebell
and Hanushek Face Off on the Future of Public Education
November 29, 2006:
Myth-Dispelling Schools Have Keys to Success
July 19, 2006: Public
and Private School Students Perform Similarly in NAEP
Study
June 29, 2006: “Webinar”
Joins Education Facilities Experts in Seminar over the
Web
June 22, 2006: Money
Matters: Examining Cost Studies, School Funding, and
Tax Structures at Annual Access Conference
June 14, 2006: Partnerships
Between Litigators and Organizers Prove Essential to
School Reform
June 14, 2006: Exploring
the Right to Education, Keys to Success, After-School,
and Teaching Quality
June 13, 2006: Quality
Education Conference Engages Critical Reform Issues
May 16, 2006: Community
Schools Educate Whole Child and Promote Values of Democracy
May 9, 2006: California
Symposium Proposes Quality Education as a Fundamental
Right
May 1, 2006: Who
Controls Urban Schools?
March 27, 2006: Costing
Out Debate and Other Issues Examined at AEFA Conference
March 13, 2006: Business
Groups Zero in on Education Reform
January 31, 2006: Good
News: NAEP Scores Show Dramatic Gains by Students
December 15, 2005: Book Review: Friedman's The World is Flat Urges National Commitment to Improving Education
December 12, 2005: Study Finds Education Extends Life, Saves Billions
October 31, 2005: Strategies for Really Closing the Achievement Gap
October 31, 2005: Annual Cost of Inadequate Education is Hundreds of Billions of Dollars
October 11, 2005: 15th Bracey Report Considers Public Education
September 28, 2005: Center on Privatization Examines the Economics of Education
September 9, 2005: Calculating the Social Costs of Low Graduation Rates
August 29, 2005: Have you heard The Latest Good News?
August 9, 2005: State Courts Rule That Education
is Key to Our Future
August 4, 2005: United
Church of Christ Explores Barriers to and Strategies
for Excellent Schools
July 11, 2005: Record
Numbers Attend ACCESS's 2005 Education Adequacy
Conference April 27, 2005: ECS
Covers the National Education Adequacy Movement
March 14, 2005: Fierce
Debate over Proposed Tuition Tax Credits in South Carolina
February 28, 2005: Prichard
Committee Unpacks “Black Box” of High-Performing,
High-Poverty Schools
February 14, 2005: Handbook
Details Challenges and Solutions for Mobile Students
November 29, 2004: Voucher
Plans Spark Controversy
September 9, 2004: Teaching
to the Test?: CEP Report Analyzes Exit Exam Policy and
Practice
February 12, 2004: Fourth
Annual ACCESS Conference Focused on Effective Reform
Strategies and Essential Education Policies
November 3, 2003: Final
Test: Peter Schrag's Compelling New Analysis of the Education Adequacy Movement June
27, 2003: Advanced Placement (AP) and
International Baccalaureate (IB) Offerings Seen in New Light May 2,
2003: Article Finds "Inequitable
Equilibrium" in State Finance Systems March 31, 2003: AEFA
Conference Convenes to Discuss Timely Topics in Education December 20,
2002: Rethinking Testing: Recent Studies
Discuss Student Assessments September 30, 2001: Research
Shows DoD Schools Are High Scoring and Closing the Achievement Gap
Facilities
November 9, 2006: Neediest
Students Not Receiving Fair Allocation of School Construction
Funds
June 29, 2006: “Webinar”
Joins Education Facilities Experts in Seminar over the
Web
August 30, 2004: Idaho
Supreme Court Thwarts Legislature's Attempt to End School
Funding Suit
March 26, 2004: Quality
Facilities Improve Student Achievement, Strengthen Communities,
and Keep Qualified Teachers
February
12, 2004: ACLU
of Maryland Urges Health, Safety, and Conditions for
Learning in School Buildings
November 25, 2003: Series
of Reports Suggests Promising Practices for Citizen
Oversight of School Construction
November 25, 2002: Mold
Sickening Students, Costing Millions
November 4, 2002: States
and Localities Embrace Construction Bonds
November 2002: New
Jersey Pushes to Create "Renaissance Zones"
Around Urban Schools
November 2002: Research
Correlates School Conditions with Student Achievement
September 18, 2002: BEST
Initiative Launched to Improve Urban Schools and Their
Communities
International Comparisons
March 15, 2007: UNICEF Finds US
Among Worst Places to be a Kid
January 16, 2007: Looking
at Education “Through a Wider Lens”
Legislative Policy
February 15, 2008: Emergent
Bilinguals: How Policy Has Misunderstood a National
Resource
January 14, 2008: New
Jersey Announces a New School Funding Formula: But What
About Abbott?
October 25, 2007: The
Public of South Carolina Envisions Excellent Public
Schools
April 10, 2007: Litigation
into Law and Public Engagement into Policy: CFE
Money Flowing to New York Districts This Year
March 15, 2007: Think
Recent Test Scores Show Schools are Failing? Think Again!
February 21, 2007: New
York Governor Spitzer Proposes Major Education Policy
and Funding Reforms
November 30, 2006: New
Jersey Legislature Proposes Sweeping School Funding
Changes
August 30, 2006: Legislators
in New Jersey Look For National Perspective in School
Funding Discussions
July 11, 2006: North
Carolina Legislature Funds Programs for Low-income and
Disadvantaged Students
February 21, 2006: Majority
of States Shortchange Low-Income, High-Minority Schools
November 8, 2005: Voters
Support School Funding in Three States
June 15, 2005: Special
Session Expected in Texas
March 14, 2005: Consolidation
of Rural Schools Provokes Concern
February 14, 2005: Knowing
that Money Matters: States Struggle With Adequate School
Funding
June 7, 2004: Virginia
Raises Taxes to Fund "Core Services," Nationwide Anti-Tax
Push Remains Strong
May 26, 2004: Special
Legislative Session in Texas Ends with No Solution
February 13, 2004: Flurry
of Legislative Activity in Arkansas After Court Names
Special Masters
December
11, 2003: Advocates, Policymakers
Take Steps to Implement Maine's Learning Standards September 11, 2003:
New York "Commission on Education
Reform" will Address CFE Remedy Issues May 29, 2003: Win-Win
Compromise Appears to End Vermont's Act 60 Wars May 14, 2003: South
Dakota Lawmakers Propose School Study; Public Dialogue Not Mentioned January
24, 2003: Arkansas Legislature Takes
First Steps to Comply with Lake View Ruling November 7, 2002:
Election Results Mean Changes in Education
Funding
April 11, 2002: Maryland
Revamps State Funding for Schools: Adds $1.3 Billion
Based on Adequacy Cost Study
Pre-school Education
October 13, 2006: From
Statehouse to Courthouse, Preschool Gaining Ground
April 18, 2006: Preschool:
Enrollments Up, Funding and Quality Uneven
April 30, 2004: Report
Reveals "Investment Gap" in Preschool Education
February 26, 2004: Quality
Preschools Leads to Achievement;
Only Three States Do It Well
October 1, 2003: NIEER
Launches Preschool Matters! Newsletter
October
23, 2002: Massachusetts
Advocates Launch Latest State Early-Education Campaign
October 1, 2002: Study
Finds that Achievement Gap Begins Before Kindergarten
August 1, 2002: "Starting
at 3" Project Launched by Education Law Center and Rutgers
University
May 2001: Study
Finds Early Intervention Cuts Dropout Rates Among Low-Income
Children
Quality Teaching
January 14, 2008: Report
Sees Substantial Improvement in Teacher Quality
July 12, 2006: Resource
and Teaching Gaps Cited by Education Trust and the Children’s
Defense Fund
December 8, 2004: Progress
on Teaching Quality Initiatives Proves Slow in Kentucky
September 30, 2004: Battle
in Philadelphia Highlights Teacher Assignment Issue
January
9, 2003: Quality Counts
Points to Shortage of Qualified Teachers in High-Need Districts December
23, 2002: Alliance Study Calls for
New-Teacher Induction Programs August 29, 2002: Study
Reveals Widespread Out-of-Field Teaching in High-Poverty and High-Minority Schools
Reports and
Policy Papers
February 15, 2008: Report
Warns to “Watch the Gap” in Education Funding
December 4, 2007: “Equal
Educational Opportunity: What Now?”
3rd Annual Equity Symposium
December 4, 2007: Diversity,
Integration and the Supreme Court’s Seattle
Ruling
October 25, 2007: Interventions
Curb Dropout Rates and Give Solid Returns on Investment
March 15, 2007: Think
Tank Reports “Severely Flawed”
February 21, 2007: Public
Schools: Of the People, By the People, and For the People
January 16, 2007: Coverage
of Skills Commission Report Overlooks Important Recommendations
August 30, 2006: PDK/Gallup
Poll: Public Supports Public Schools, Disagrees with
NCLB
Rural Education
March 24, 2006: Mitigating
the Impact of Declining Enrollment in Rural Schools
September 9, 2005: Rural
Advocates Want a High Quality Education, not “Adequacy”
May 16, 2005: Why
Rural Matters Addresses Challenges of Rural Education
in the 50 States
March 14, 2005: Consolidation
of Rural Schools Provokes Concern
April 23, 2004: Rural
Trust Conference Highlights Advantages of Small Schools
and Advocacy Efforts to Keep Them Open
October 4, 2002: Small
Schools Work Better, Cost Less, Study Finds February 14, 2003: Why
Rural Matters 2003 Aims to
Highlight the Needs of Rural Schools Nationwide March 12, 2003: Rural
Education Working Group Conference Brings Together Advocates to Develop Effective
Reform Strategies
August 29, 2002: New
Rural Equity Collaborative Will Strive to Improve Educational
Adequacy and Equity
Success Stories
March 31, 2008: More
Evidence of Adequacy Cases Leading to Improvements in
Student Achievement
December 4, 2007: Success:
Better Education through Litigation!
March 15, 2007: Think
Recent Test Scores Show Schools are Failing? Think Again!
December 19, 2006: Public
Education Funding and Achievement Grow
November 29, 2006:
Myth-Dispelling Schools Have Keys to Success
January 31, 2006: Good
News: NAEP Scores Show Dramatic Gains by Students
August 29, 2005: Have
you heard The Latest Good News?
Tax and Fiscal Issues
December 18, 2008: Editorial:
Strategies for Countering Budget Cuts
December 19, 2006: Public
Education Funding and Achievement Grow
November 9, 2006: School
Funding Election Results Mixed Across States
September 15, 2006: Editorial:
“100% Solution” Fails the Test
August 30, 2006: Legislators
in New Jersey Look For National Perspective in School
Funding Discussions
July 11, 2006: North
Carolina Legislature Funds Programs for Low-income and
Disadvantaged Students
June 22, 2006: Money
Matters: Examining Cost Studies, School Funding, and
Tax Structures at Annual Access Conference
May 13, 2006: NEA
Conference Explores “Value of Public Education”
March 13, 2006: Harmful
Income Gap Increases
March 13, 2006: Business
Groups Zero in on Education Reform
February 21, 2006: Majority
of States Shortchange Low-Income, High-Minority Schools
November 8, 2005: Voters
Support School Funding in Three States
September 9, 2005: Calculating the Social Costs of Low Graduation Rates
February 14, 2005: Knowing
that Money Matters: States Struggle With Adequate School
Funding
October 13, 2004: Report
Finds Funding Gap Wide and Persistent
May 28, 2004: Despite
Improving Economy, Many States Still Face Budget Cuts
February 3, 2004: "Of
Course Money Matters: Why the Arguments to the Contrary
Never Added Up"
December
12, 2003: California School Funding
System Inequitable, Inadequate and Incomprehensible September 15, 2003:
Alabama Voters Say "No" to Tax
Restructuring and More Education Funding July 30, 2003: States
Cut Spending and Raise Taxes to Address Revenue Shortfalls July 28,
2003: "Alabama Partnership
for Progress" Supports Education and Tax Reform Proposal June
10, 2003: School-Funding Reform
Increasingly Paired with Tax Reform May 2, 2003: Article
Finds "Inequitable Equilibrium" in State Finance Systems April
29, 2003: Record Budget Shortfalls Lead
States to Make Major Cuts April 29, 2003: Rockefeller
Report: State Tax Revenue Dropped Dramatically in FY 2002 February
7, 2003: Governing
Magazine Examines The Way We Tax December 6, 2002: Amidst
Widespread Budget Shortfalls, States Consider Tax Increases and Funding Cuts August
29, 2002: New Report Reveals Major Funding
Gaps in School Districts Educating Low-Income or Minority Students June
27, 2002: Federal Reserve Focuses On Education
Economics
Urban Education
April 12, 2006: “Where
We Learn”: Report on Urban Schools Emphasizes
Climate
March 13, 2006: Closing
Gaps in New Jersey’s Urban Districts
September 26, 2003: Report
Says Urban Schools Are "Beating the Odds"
though Still Below National Averages
September
10, 2002: Study Identifies Strategies
for Success in Urban Districts August 29, 2002: New
Report Reveals Major Funding Gaps in School Districts Educating Low-Income or
Minority Students
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