A Quality Education for Every Child: Stories
from The Lawyers on the Front Lines
A new book from The Institute for Educational Equity and Opportunity
A Quality Education
for Every Child: Stories from The Lawyers on the Front Line is a unique look at some of the most important
school finance and educational equity cases in this country from the viewpoint of the lawyers who litigated the cases with
the goal of securing a quality education for every child. Seventeen of the nation’s most 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, covering cases in 17 states
in all regions of the country and involving school districts from the rural to the urban and everything in between, include:
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An introductory explanation of the school finance case;
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A discussion of the status of education and education finance in the state before the litigation;
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An explanation and evaluation of the legal strategy followed in the courts, public engagement; communications/media
strategies; and policy, political and coalition building activities;
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Discussion of the court’s decision, legal remedy and how it is being or has been implemented; state
administrative and legislative responses, including a discussion of public engagement, and compliance proceedings;
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A “Lessons Learned” conclusion, including how litigators can approach such cases in the future,
discussion of missing elements in school finance jurisprudence that impacted the result of litigation, and how the courts
can respond.
A Quality Education for Every Child:
Stories from the Lawyers on the Front Lines is an important and thoughtful resource for the public and policymakers
as the nation focuses anew on how to provide every child with the quality education to which every child has a right and that
is so important for our nation’s present and future.
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Paperback ISBN: 978-0-615-28729-4
424 pages On sale now for $13.50 (normally
$26.99)
