Center for Law and Education
 As its mission, the Center for Law and Education (CLE) strives to make the right of all students to quality education a reality throughout the nation and to help enable communities to address their own public education problems effectively, with an emphasis on assistance to low-income students and communities.

Alerts

CLE's brief released: “Responding to ‘A Blueprint for Reform’ through the Lens of Students with Disabilities”

Submitted by kboundy on Fri, 06/10/2011 - 18:12

A CLE brief titled “Responding to ‘A Blueprint for Reform’ through the Lens of Students with Disabilities,” which was prepared under a contract with the Council for Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA) www.copaa.org responds to the Obama Administration’s plan for the reauthorization of the ESEA as represented in “A Blueprint for Reform”

CLE Releases Key Tool for School Reform: Educational Quality Bill of Rights (EQBR)

Submitted by jschwarz on Mon, 03/01/2010 - 14:17

A PDF copy of the EQBR can be found here.

Additional tools for reform can be found here.

American Bar Association Calls for Action on Right to High-Quality Education

Submitted by jschwarz on Mon, 03/01/2010 - 14:14

Press release can be found here. 

ABA Recommendations and Reports:

 

Center for Law and Education Urges Department of Education to Correct Misinterpretation Allowing Districts to Reduce Maintenance of Effort under IDEA

Submitted by jschwarz on Mon, 03/01/2010 - 14:08

Press release can be found here. 

Accompanying memo can be found here.

Using Stimulus Funds in Campaigns and Organizing for Systemic Education Reform

Submitted by jschwarz on Mon, 03/01/2010 - 14:04

A PDF of this new tool can be found here.

Additional tools for reform can be found here. 

CLE & Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice create private pro bono project with Choate Hall & Stewart LLP

Submitted by jschwarz on Mon, 03/01/2010 - 12:56

Press release and more information can be found here.
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