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Green, Preston C., III. – Peabody Journal of Education, 2013
Since the separate-but-equal era, students attending schools with high concentrations of Black students have attempted to improve the quality of their educations through school finance litigation. Because of the negative effects of racial isolation, Black students might consider mounting school finance litigation to force states to explicitly…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Financial Support, Court Litigation, African American Students
Pullin, Diana – 1985
As of the fall of 1984, 40 states had by state mandate adopted some form of student minimum competency testing; 19 are or will be using test performance for the award of high school diplomas. In the other 10 states, local initiatives had implemented such testing programs on the school district level. Five states were using competency tests to…
Descriptors: Black Students, Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Disabilities
Beckham, Joseph C. – 1986
Use of nationally standardized tests to determine teacher competency continues to be a subject for review in state and federal courts. School district policies have promoted minimum score requirements as a basis for employment decisions concerning certification, hiring, renewal, promotion, and merit pay. Legal challenges to these policies focus…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Due Process