More than 50 years after the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed school segregation in Brown v. Board of Education, the nation's schools are still plagued by inequalities, yet the High Court today declines to intervene on behalf
of equal educational opportunity for all children.
Not exact matches
However, as the gap between the incomes
of wealthy and poor families has increased over the past three decades, so too has the
educational performance
of their
children, bringing into question the nation's reputation
for equal opportunity for all.
A defining moment came in the 1970s, when the California Supreme Court in Serrano v. Priest decided that in order to ensure
equal educational opportunity for all
children, all school districts in California must spend
equal amounts per pupil, instigating a wave
of school - finance court cases across the country.
Much has changed since the fledgling Campaign
for Fiscal Equity (CFE), 14 New York City community school boards, and 23 individual parents and their
children lodged the initial complaint charging the State
of New York with denying «thousands
of public school students in the City
of New York their constitutional rights to
equal educational opportunities.»
The Goldwater Institute, the Foundation
for Excellence in Education, the Hispanic Council
for Reform and
Educational Options, and the American Federation
for Children argue that the Blaine Amendments were «motivated by bigotry» and «present an obstacle to the provision
of high - quality
educational opportunities for millions
of American schoolchildren» that must be removed in order «to vindicate our nation's sacred promise
of equal educational opportunities.»
26 Accountability Measures In The Special Needs Bill March 3, 2015 by Grant Callen and Brett Kittredge Senate Bill 2695, The
Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act, creates a pilot program to give parents the option
of withdrawing their
child from a public school and receiving an Education Scholarship Account (ESA) with $ 6,500 to help pay
for educational expenses outside the traditional public school.
We continue to have a school funding system that does not provide an
equal educational opportunity for our
children; does not meet the additional needs
of the three student populations identified in our standard; and does not provide a fair and equitable school tax burden
for property owners.
The school as an extension
of those principles must provide an
equal educational opportunity for all
children to develop to their fullest potential.
SUMMARY The
Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act creates a pilot program to give parents the option
of withdrawing their
child from a public school and receiving an Education Scholarship Account (ESA) with $ 6,500 to help pay
for educational expenses outside the traditional public school.
Although his statewide marathon
of appearances has proven less than fun when addressing crowds
of individuals who seek to improve his reform proposals, he's repeatedly acknowledged how imperative it is
for this state's future that the ravages
of poverty be overcome within our public schools and that policies and state funding mechanisms be devised to ensure
equal educational opportunity for all
children.
Finally, he encourages Congress to adopt an «
equal education» clause, that states no
child in the US will be «denied
equal educational opportunity in elementary and secondary education through the lack
of a challenging curriculum, well - prepared and effective teachers, and the funding to pay
for that education.»
(e) The board shall establish the information needed in an application
for the approval
of a charter school; provided that the application shall include, but not be limited to, a description
of: (i) the mission, purpose, innovation and specialized focus
of the proposed charter school; (ii) the innovative methods to be used in the charter school and how they differ from the district or districts from which the charter school is expected to enroll students; (iii) the organization
of the school by ages
of students or grades to be taught, an estimate
of the total enrollment
of the school and the district or districts from which the school will enroll students; (iv) the method
for admission to the charter school; (v) the
educational program, instructional methodology and services to be offered to students, including research on how the proposed program may improve the academic performance
of the subgroups listed in the recruitment and retention plan; (vi) the school's capacity to address the particular needs
of limited English - proficient students, if applicable, to learn English and learn content matter, including the employment
of staff that meets the criteria established by the department; (vii) how the school shall involve parents as partners in the education
of their
children; (viii) the school governance and bylaws; (ix) a proposed arrangement or contract with an organization that shall manage or operate the school, including any proposed or agreed upon payments to such organization; (x) the financial plan
for the operation
of the school; (xi) the provision
of school facilities and pupil transportation; (xii) the number and qualifications
of teachers and administrators to be employed; (xiii) procedures
for evaluation and professional development
for teachers and administrators; (xiv) a statement
of equal educational opportunity which shall state that charter schools shall be open to all students, on a space available basis, and shall not discriminate on the basis
of race, color, national origin, creed, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, athletic performance, special need, proficiency in the English language or academic achievement; (xv) a student recruitment and retention plan, including deliberate, specific strategies the school will use to ensure the provision
of equal educational opportunity as stated in clause (xiv) and to attract, enroll and retain a student population that, when compared to students in similar grades in schools from which the charter school is expected to enroll students, contains a comparable academic and demographic profile; and (xvi) plans
for disseminating successes and innovations
of the charter school to other non-charter public schools.
The article conveniently overlooks that fact that the charter school industry fails to provide
equal educational opportunities for children who require special education services, those who aren't fluent in the English Language and those who are forced out
of charter schools
for failure to survive the abusive disciplinary policies.
(a) Promote and advance
equal educational opportunities for Hispanic
children by Council members becoming actively engaged in national dialogue on
educational problems, issues and concerns in conjunction with the National School Boards Association and other national organizations committed to the continued growth and development
of minority
children.
Members
of the caucus work to promote
equal educational opportunities for American Indian and Alaska Native students and address the unique challenges and
opportunities these
children face.