Title I and Education Reform

“The Need for Equal Opportunity and a Right to Quality Education” by Paul Weckstein & Stephan J. Wermiel

CLE co-director Paul Weckstein sets forth the rationale for and the legal bases of every child’s right to quality education, including under Title I/NCLB and civil rights statutes. Weckstein identifies three related risks for mobile students in the...

“A Lever for Reform: Does NCLB leave any place for vocational education?” by Paul Weckstein

CLE co-director Weckstein argues that, on its face, the intent and purpose of the No Child Left Behind Act is consistent with the goals of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act (Perkins); therefore, we need to conceive of academic...

Center for Law and Education, et al. v United States Department of Education, Nos. 02-5225, 04-5150, D.C. Cir.

Appeal from dismissal of action based on lack of standing 315 F.Supp.2d 15 (D.D.C.2004); CLE challenged the composition of a negotiated rulemaking committee assembled by US DOE to propose regulations as required by the Title I/No Child Left Behind...

“Accountability” in Reporting on Race, Education & No Child Left Behind: a guide for journalists, Race and Public Policy Program, Applied Research Center by Paul Weckstein

CLE co-director Weckstein argues for a shift in how we view NCLB’s accountability provisions from punitive and stigmatizing to a system of responses that relies more on encouraging continuous improvement and could improve student performance and...

“School Reform and Enforceable Rights to Quality Education” by Paul Weckstein

Essay by co-director Weckstein describing the framework for standards based education reform and the kind of framework necessary to implement the right of every child to a high-quality education. Paul Weckstein, “School Reform and Enforceable Rights...