Equity & Opportunity, Institute for Educational; Long, David

A Quality Education for Every Child : Stories from the Lawyers on the Front Lines

A Quality Education for Every Child is a unique look at seventeen of the most important school finance and educational equity cases in this country from the viewpoint of the lawyers who litigated them with the goal of securing a quality education for every child. Outstanding lawyers in the field of school finance and educational equity wrote the articles providing an overview of the cases in which they were involved, where they primarily litigated the meaning and requirements of the state constitution education clauses, which determine the type of education the state is required to provide and fund. The articles cover seventeen states in all regions and involve rural and urban school districts and everything in between.