A dispute over the pledge of allegiance in a Texas High School is shaping up to be very interesting, mainly because of the strange position the state’s Attorney General is taking in support of the school district. A slip opinion
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The Far Broader Implications of the Court Opinion That Struck Down DeVos’s Approach to Student Loans
By Derek Black
What Does School Funding Buy? Lower Discipline Rates and More Learning
By Derek Black
A month ago, I tried to show how school quality and school discipline are intertwined. I talked about my prior research, put up a fancy color-coded map of school funding and achievement gaps from Bruce Baker and another fancy color-coded…
Is California’s New Ban on For-Profit Charters a Charade or a Step in the Right Direction?
By Derek Black
My recent post on California's new charter school bill may have been too quick to lavish praise on the state for banning for-profit groups from managing charters. For-profit charter operators are definitely a problem. Allowing them is the equivalent of…
Reducing Suspensions and Expulsions of Students with Disabilities: Linking Research, Law, Policy and Practice
By Derek Black
This from Loyola University Chicago on its upcoming conference and call for papers:Loyola University Chicago School of Law and School of Education will be hosting an interdisciplinary working conference entitled “Reducing Suspensions and Expulsions of Students with Disabilities: Linking Research, Law,…
Education Law Association Hosting a Stellar Lineup at Its Annual Conference
By Derek Black
With Tax Revenues Rising, Texas Plans to Spend Less, Not More, on Public Schools
By Derek Black
School funding formulas are one of the most arcane and obscure elements of public policy one can imagine. The only thing that comes close in my mind is the federal tax code. The federal tax code does, however, have some…
Network for Public Education Conference to Feature Groundbreaking Report on the Privatization of Education
By Derek Black
This summer, the Network for Public Education and the Schott Foundation released on new report on the privatization of public education titled, Grading the States: A Report Card on Our Nation’s Commitment to Public Schools. The report was the…
California Strikes Major Blow to For-Profit Charter Schools
By Derek Black
One of the major critiques of charter schools, although not the only one, is that they allow private entities to profit off the education of children. Some say the possibility of profits is a good idea because it brings new…
Duncan and DeVos Are Both Wrong, We Need Old-School Reform
By Derek Black