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U.S. SUPREME COURT REMANDS ARIZONA ELL FUNDING
CASE FOR FURTHER HEARINGS
REJECTS CLAIM THAT FEDERAL COURTS
LACK AUTHORITY TO ORDER STATE LEGISLATURES
TO INCREASE EDUCATION FUNDING
In a 5-4 decision, the United States
Supreme Court last week sent back for further
hearings an Arizona English language learner
funding case that has been pending in the
federal courts for the past nine years.
In Horne
v. Flores, the high court majority
reversed a decision of U.S. Court of Appeals
for the Ninth Circuit that had upheld a
district court order finding the state in
contempt for failing to follow the court’s
previous orders to “establish a funding
system that rationally related funding available
to the actual costs of all elements of ELL
instruction.” The dissenters would
have upheld the lower court orders without
any further hearings.
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Campaign for Educational Equity Announces
“Stimulating Equity?” Project
The Campaign for Educational Equity
at Teachers College, Columbia University
recently launched an in-depth research effort
to evaluate the impact of the ARRA on state
education systems around the country.
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Stanford Study Offers Mixed
Appraisal of Charters
“Multiple
Choice: Charter School Performance in 16
States,” a report released last
month, presents a mixed portrait of charter
school effectiveness. According to researchers
at the Center for Research on Education
Outcomes (CREDO) at Stanford University,
charter students nationwide experience statistically
significant, slightly smaller learning gains
in math and reading than traditional public
school pupils with similar demographic characteristics.
The data show that approximately 80% of
the charters assessed perform significantly
worse or no better than their conventional
counterparts. The study, however, also identifies
subgroups of students that are likely to
fare far better in charters and recognizes
several high-achieving states.
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