Sentences with phrase «significant school adequacy»

After more than a decade of legal wrangling, including stacks of constitutional briefs, expert testimony, dueling costing - out studies, and the like, one of the most significant school adequacy cases in American history has been reduced to little more than a wire transfer.

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Following two decades in which courts spurred significant reforms in our nation's neediest schools by interpreting the education clauses of their state constitutions to guarantee an «adequate» education for all students, the years 2005 to 2008 have seen a dramatic change in the judicial response to adequacy litigation.

In conclusion, the adequacy decisions of the last five years must be taken as strong evidence that courts no longer suppose that ordering increases in school funding leads to significant gains in student performance.