As a non-profit organization, CLE needs your help to protect the rights of low-income students!
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The Center for Law and Education (CLE) strives to make the right of all students to quality education a reality and to help enable communities to address their own education problems effectively, with an emphasis on assistance to low-income students.
Learn more about CLE's history, scope of work, and expertise in providing legal analysis and technical assistance.
CLE provides legal support and technical assistance to stakeholders experiencing difficulty in implementing key federal education programs (Title I, special education, vocational education) at the state and local levels.
Through federal advocacy before the U.S. Congress and the U.S. Department of Education, CLE works to shape governing legislation, regulations, and policies to advance school reform.
CLE developed tools and materials for use by school communities - students, parents, educators, advocates, community groups, and policy makers - in improving school/district practices and the quality of education for all students.
CLE provides statewide education advocacy in Massachusetts on behalf of students from low-income families who are represented by public interest attorneys.
Check out three key Resolutions of the American Bar Association urging attorneys to work with their school communities to promote the right of all students to a high quality education. As the primary author of these right-to-education policies, CLE is seeking collaborative partnerships with the private bar to implement them.