Author
Martha Derthick
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Author Bio:
Martha Derthick is a political scientist retired from the government and foreign affairs faculty at the University of Virginia. She is the author of numerous books on public policy in the United States, including Policymaking for Social Security (1979), The Politics of Deregulation (with Paul J. Quirk, 1985), and Up in Smoke: From Legislation to Litigation in Tobacco Politics (2005). With Joshua Dunn, she co-authors a quarterly column, Legal Beat, for Education Next.
Articles
Students find unexpected ally in the Christian Right
Spring 2010 / Vol. 10, No. 2
From strip searches to school funding, the Court treads lightly
Winter 2010 / Vol. 10, No. 1
Schools Win in Court
Spring 2009 / Vol. 9, No. 2
Arizonans battle federal court order to spend more
Winter 2009 / Vol. 9, No. 1
California case centers on parents' rights
Fall 2008 / Vol. 8, No. 4
Plaintiffs exploit weaknesses in NCLB
Summer 2008 / Vol. 8, No. 3
Parent's wealth muddies special-education tuition case
Spring 2008 / Vol. 8, No. 2
Court offers schools little guidance
Winter 2008 / Vol. 8, No. 1
Testing the constitutionality of charters and vouchers
Spring 2007 / Vol. 7, No. 2
Parents may gain right to sue over NCLB
Fall 2007 / Vol. 7, No. 4
When courts decide how to spend taxpayer dollars
Winter 2007 / Vol. 7, No. 1
The Supreme Court takes up race-based school assignment
Winter 2007 / Vol. 7, No. 1
Unions and Home Schoolers Attack Internet Education
Fall 2006 / Vol. 6, No. 4
Florida’s supreme court is no stranger to political warfare. Before the U.S. Supreme Court decided Bush v. Gore in favor of George W. Bush, the Florida court had ruled in favor of Al Gore. And the same court played a crucial role in the state’s extraction of an $11.3 billion settlement from the tobacco industry [...]
Summer 2006 / Vol. 6, No. 3
Last rites for Intelligent Design
Spring 2006 / Vol. 6, No. 2