Sentences with phrase «educational equity case»

On Wednesday, more than 200 advocates gathered to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the NJ Supreme Court decision that ordered the state to implement «well - planned, high - quality» preschool for all 3 — and 4 - year - old children in the 31 school districts that were part of theAbbott v. Burke educational equity case.

Ceil has argued before the New Jersey Supreme Court on preschool standards in Abbott v. Burke, the landmark educational equity case, and on the issue of permanency for foster children in several child welfare cases.

Not exact matches

Even if it passes, though, exempting yeshivas from educational guidelines could spark a legal challenge, noted Michael Rebell, a Columbia University professor and lawyer who has pursued school funding - equity cases.

In this brief, the Gardner Center uses the work of the CORE Districts as a case study to explore deeper learning and its importance to educational equity and the goal of college and career and civic readiness for all public school youth.

The dominant theme of this book (and much of her work) is educational equity and how to advance it, but these pages range far and wide, across state case studies, international comparisons, and quite a lot of research.

After BAEO and NAPCS released their signed letter from over 160 Black educational leaders, I had the chance to hop on the phone with a few of the signees — Cheryl Henderson Brown, founding president and CEO of the Brown Foundation for Educational Equity, Excellence and Research and daughter of plaintiff Oliver Brown of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education desegregation case, Sekou Biddle, UNCF's vice president of advocacy, and Steve Perry, founder and head of schools of Capital Preparatory Schools.

Equity, as defined by the Edgewood case, means that all students shall have access to an education of high quality that will prepare them to participate fully now and in the future in the social, economic, and educational opportunities in Texas, and that the organization and management of all levels of the education system will be productive, efficient, and accountable.

While we appreciate CDE's proposal to disaggregate student subgroup data in achievement (not just growth, as was the case in previous frameworks), as well as the Department's commitment to ensuring transparency of subgroup performance data in reporting, we strongly encourage CDE to reconsider the adoption of a combined subgroup for accountability purposes, which would have significant implications for educational equity.

Angelia Dickens, the general counsel for Michelle Rhee's group Students First, wrote that «The Vergara case is a logical extension from Brown» v. Board of Education, because it would help «move our country towards educational equity.»

Today, the students and parents who brought the landmark educational equity and adequacy lawsuit Martinez v. Malloy filed a response to the State of Connecticut's motion to dismiss their case.

The case studies illustrate how the five pillars of engagement are integral to regular, two - way dialogue with stakeholders to support and sustain educational equity.

In Erik Clemons case we learn from the Zoom Foundation — The ZOOM Foundation's new Prize for Parent Organizing supports nonprofit organizations inspired by the potential of parent power to contribute to the achievement of educational equity in Connecticut.