In October, I had the privilege of participating in a Tedx event sponsored by the University of South Carolina. The subject of my talk was the danger our democracy faces when we fail to ensure equal and adequate public education.
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New Jersey Must Rein in Improper Charter Growth
By Derek Black
This from the Education Law Center:Education Law Center is urging the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) to take immediate steps to reverse course from a decade of explosive and improper growth of charter school enrollment, targeted in the state’s…
International Body Confirms It: Our School Segregation Problem Is Dragging Student Achievement Down
By Derek Black
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development just released its report on education equity and mobility. The results for the United States aren’t pretty. For those unfamiliar, the report analyzes massive amount of data and makes international comparisons. The organization is…
All Signs Point Toward a Constitutional Problem in Virginia’s Education System
By Derek Black
Education advocates have struggled to force Virginia to live up to its constitutional duties. And as a result, the state has had carte blanche to mistreat its public schools. It is little surprise that the most recent School Funding Fairness…
The Days of Charter Schools and Vouchers Are Numbered
By Derek Black
Dream Job for the Education Law Attorney
By Derek Black
Education law job opportunities at places like the NAACP LDF, MALDEF, the Lawyers' Committee and the Southern Poverty Law Center don't come around that often. The same is true of the Education Law Center, the nation's premier education funding and…
Someone Is Doing the Department of Education’s Job for It, Thank Goodness
By Derek Black
A decade ago, I founded the Education Rights Center at Howard University School of Law. One of my driving motivations was the notion that everyday people needed basic information about their schools and rights. There was a plethora of data…
The Fundamental Right to Education
By Derek Black
In my last article, The Constitutional Compromise to Guarantee Education, I examined the period immediately leading up to and following the Fourteenth Amendment and found that the ratification of the 14th Amendment and southern state's education clauses in the…
Connecticut Federal District Court Rejects a Fundamental Right to Education, But Offers Interesting Analysis for Future Claims
By Derek Black
This summer, a federal district court decision in Michigan dealing with the fundamental right to education and literacy grabbed national news for more than a week. Onlookers were seemingly shocked at how bad educational opportunities are in places like Detroit…
Court Process Underway to Remedy North Carolina’s Inadequate School Funding by Wendy Lecker
By Derek Black
After years of stalled progress, underway in North Carolina aimed at moving the State to fulfill its constitutional duty to adequately fund public education. In response to a joint request by the parties in the landmark Leandro v. State litigation, Superior…