The Lost Art of Book Reviewing: Editors Defend School Money Trials
The academic book review is a lost art. In days gone by, one could count on fellow scholars to lay out the books’ argument, skewer it, then identify a laundry list of factual errors that demonstrate the author was careless or worse.
The Supreme Court Gets School Funding Right
One sleeper in the flurry of decisions at the end of the last U.S. Supreme Court term has to be the decision in Horne v. Flores, a long-running Arizona case about funding special programs for English Language Learners (ELL). In overturning lower court decisions calling for continued court-ordered school spending without regard to student outcomes, the Court may lead to a new era of more rational and effective court involvement in school funding policies.
Law and Disorder in the Classroom
Emphasis on student rights continues in classrooms even when the Court begins to think otherwise
Emphasis on student rights continues in classrooms even when the Court begins to think otherwise
Principals and Teachers Unaware That Courts Defer to Schools When It Comes to Discipline
Courts have given school authorities broad powers over student discipline. So why do students act as if they’re entitled to so many legal protections—and why do principals and teachers grant them? A new study, released today on the Education Next website, finds that federal and state courts have increasingly sided with schools in student discipline [...]
Will Horne v. Flores Affect School Finance Litigation?
Video: Eric Hanushek talks with Education Next about the recent Supreme Court decision on school spending in Arizona, and considers the ruling’s impact on state school finance litigation.
New Education Next Forum: Is There a Connection between School Spending and Student Achievement? Should Courts Decide?
U. S. Supreme Court decision puts issue on front burner for states. Read the full article, Many Schools Are Still Inadequate, by Eric Hanushek, Alfred Lindseth and Michael Rebell.
Schoolhouses, Courthouses, and Statehouses
Video: Hoover Institution senior fellows and members of Hoovers Task Force on K12 Education Terry Moe and Eric Hanushek discuss Hanushek’s new book Schoolhouses, Courthouses, and Statehouses.
Another Lemon
Florida’s public school establishment could hardly have a better friend than Florida’s courts.
Florida’s charters under attack
Finding the Right Remedy
When court-ordered magnet schools don't work, try charters
When court-ordered magnet schools don't work, try charters
Language Barriers
Arizonans battle federal court order to spend more
Arizonans battle federal court order to spend more
Free and Appropriate
Parent's wealth muddies special-education tuition case
Parent's wealth muddies special-education tuition case
The Neutrality Principle
Can states prohibit vouchers for religious schooling?
Joshua Davey was once intent on becoming a minister, a plan that cost him his publicly funded scholarship to Northwest College. Now the plaintiff in a high-profile case before the Supreme Court, Davey decided to attend Harvard Law School upon graduating from Northwest. The law regarding vouchers is in the midst of fundamental change. About [...]
Faith in the Law
The Supreme Court upholds religious discrimination
The Supreme Court upholds religious discrimination
