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California Court Limits Private School's Arbitration Provision

Michael Blacher and Lauren C. Liebes

School Reform News / The Heartland Institute / October 11, 2009

A California appellate court has issued a major decision regarding private schools and arbitration agreements. The Court ruled that to the extent an arbitration ... (read more)

D.C. v. Harvard-Westlake School

Superior Court of Los Angeles County

Superior Court of Los Angeles Countyq / August 14, 2009

A student and his parents filed this action against his school, alleging it was liable under the state’s hate crimes laws (Civ. Code, §§ ... (read more)

Court: Only School Districts Can Authorize Charters in Fla.

Elisha Maldonado

School Reform News / The Heartland Institute / March 01, 2009

A Florida state appellate court has stripped an independent charter school authorizer of its power, meaning the only course charter schools in the state ... (read more)

California Courts Rule for Charter Schools Again

Evelyn Stacey

School Reform News / The Heartland Institute / January 01, 2009

A Los Angeles charter middle school is moving into new digs thanks to a court ruling on equal treatment that has national implications. One of the largest ... (read more)

Iowa Redefines 'Minority' in Wake of U.S. Supreme Court Decision

Jillian Melchior

School Reform News / The Heartland Institute / May 01, 2008

The Iowa Department of Education has redefined the term "minority" in response to a ruling issued by the U.S. Supreme Court last summer that schools seeking ... (read more)

Can Parents Legally Homeschool Their Children?

Court of Appeal of the State of California

Court of Appeal of the State of California / February 28, 2008

In this dependency case (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 300), we consider the question whether parents can legally “home school” their children. The attorney for ... (read more)

Supreme Court to Rule on School Integration

Aricka Flowers

School Reform News / The Heartland Institute / March 01, 2007

On December 4, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases, Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District and Meredith v. ... (read more)

Courtroom Alchemy: Adequacy Advocates Turn Guesstimates into Gold

James W. Guthrie and Matthew G. Springer

Education Next / January 01, 2007

Beginning in the late 1960s, and accelerating unabated through to the present, plaintiffs have filed more than 125 court cases questioning the constitutionality ... (read more)

Judging Money

Josh Dunn and Martha Derthick

Education Next / January 01, 2007

Since the 1970s, proponents of greater spending in disadvantaged school districts have pursued their goal through litigation in state courts. They have ... (read more)

‘Paycheck Protection’ Showdown Looms at U.S. Supreme Court

Stefan Gleason

School Reform News / The Heartland Institute / January 01, 2007

The U.S. Supreme Court was expected to review on January 10 a case in which Washington State’s high court overturned a campaign finance regulation known ... (read more)