The Center for Law and Education (CLE) strives to make the right of all students to quality education a reality throughout the nation and to help enable communities to address their own public education problems effectively, with an emphasis on assistance to low-income students and communities. For more than forty years, the Center for Law and Education has worked to bring about school- and district-wide change across the country in order to improve educational outcomes, particularly for low-income students.
As a national support center for twenty-five years for the Legal Services Corporation, CLE developed enormous expertise about the legal rights and responsibilities of students and school personnel as well as about key education programs and initiatives, including Title I, vocational education programs and school to work systems, and special education for students with disabilities. CLE has participated in shaping the formulation of governing legislation and policies at the national level, and continues to provide daily assistance to students, parents, and educators experiencing difficulty in their implementation at the state and local levels.
- CLE Releases Key Tool for School Reform: Educational Quality Bill of Rights (EQBR)
- American Bar Association Calls for Action on Right to High-Quality Education
- ABA Recommendations and Reports:
- 118A: Right to a High-Quality Educational Program
- 118B: Right to Remain in School
- 118C: Right to Resume Education
- Center for Law and Education Urges Department of Education to Correct Misinterpretation Allowing Districts to Reduce Maintenance of Effort under IDEA
- Using Stimulus Funds in Campaigns and Organizing for Systemic Education Reform (May 09)
- CLE & Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice create private pro bono project with Choate Hall & Stewart LLP
National
Title I and School Reform Project
- 1. Project Overview 2. No Child Left Behind - A Title I Overview
- 3. Title I as a Tool for Parent Involvement
- 4. School Parent Involvement Policy - 1118 Outline
- 5. Title I Outline - Selected Sections on Local Requirements
- 6. Paul Weckstein & Stephen J. Wermiel, "The Need for Equal Opportunity and a Right to Quality Education" (Human Rights, Summer 2008)
- 7. CLE submission of Principles and Legislative Recommendations to US Congress, Senate, Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee (HELP) (Spring 2007)
- 8. CLE comments in two parts to US House of Representatives, Committee on Education and Labor in response to NCLB Staff Discussion Draft (September 2007)
- 9. CLE comments on NCLB/ESEA Staff Discussion Draft RE: Students with Disabilities (September 2007)
- 10. Center for Law and Education, Comments to US Department of Education on Proposed regulations under Title I of the ESEA/NCLB (December 15, 2005)
- 11. Paul Weckstein, "Accountability" in Reporting on Race, Education & No Child Left Behind: a guide for journalists, Race and Public Policy Program, Applied Research Center, 2003
- 12. Paul Weckstein, "Accountability and Student Mobility under Title I of the No Child Left Behind Act" (The Journal of Negro Education, Winter 2003, Howard University)
- 13. CLE's Testimony before the House Appropriations Committee on Parent Centers (April 5, 2000)
- 14. Paul Weckstein, "School Reform and Enforceable Rights to Quality Education" in Law and School Reform (1999)
- 15. New Opportunities for Improving the Quality of Education for Low Income Students
- 16. What Does It Take? Title I School wide Programs
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- Administrative Advocacy
- 1. CLE
Comments to MA Grad. & Dropout Prevention & Recovery
Commission (4/29/09)
- 2.
Testimony
of Kathleen Boundy before public hearing convened by US Department of
Education on Proposed Title I/NCLB Regulations (May 14, 2008)
- 3. CLE comments FERPA NPRM March 24, 2008
- 4. CLE comments Title I NPRM April 23, 2008 (Multiple Measures)
- 5.
Testimony of
K. Boundy on NCLB and Family Involvement before Hearing Convened by the
Public Education Network, January 11, 2006, Boston, MA
- 6. CLE comments on the OCR Draft (June 6, 2000) - "The Use of Tests When Making High-Stakes Decisions"
- 7.
CLE comments Title I NPRM March 20, 2003 (assessment of students with
disabilities)
8. CLE comments Title I NPRM May 19, 2003
- 9.
CLE
comments Title I NPRM May 5, 2002 (Standards and Assessments)
- 10.
CLE comments Title I NPRM August 6, 2002
Educational Rights of Students with Disabilities
1.
Overview of CLE's Advocacy and
Other Activities
2.
Resources on
the
Educational Rights of Students with Disabilities
3.
Joanne Karger
and Kathleen Boundy, "Including Students with Dyslexia in the State
Accountability System: The Basic Legal Framework" (Perspectives
on Language and Literacy, Fall
2008)
4.
Kathleen Boundy and Joanne Karger, "Special Issues Affecting Inclusion
of Students with Dyslexia in statewide Assessments and Their
Implications" (Perspectives on
Language and Literacy, Fall 2008)
5.
CLE Partial
Comments submitted to the US House of Representatives, Committee on
Education and Labor, on Provisions Regarding Use of Modified
Achievement Standards Included in NCLB Staff Discussion Draft (9/5/2007)
6.
"Examining the
Amendments to
the Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2004: What Advocates for
Students and Parents Need to Know" (Journal
of Poverty Law and Policy,
May-June 2006)
7.
Letter to
Senators Gregg and Kennedy RE: H.R.1350, S.1248 (August 2003)
8.
Including Students with Disabilities in Standards-Based Education Reform
9.
Quality Education for Children with Disabilities: Topic Briefs for
Parents and Their Advocates
10. Additional
Issues Briefs.
11.
Questions and Answers
12.
Article: Disciplinary Exclusion of Students with Disabilities
13.
Link to the document: When
Schools Criminalize Disability/Education Law Strategies for Legal
Advocates
14.
CLE comments on the report of the President's Commission on Excellence
in Special Education.
15."CLE
served as counsel
for amici curiae Senators
Kennedy, Harkin, Jeffords, and Representatives Kildee, Miller and Owens
in two pending federal court appeals, Akinseye
v. District of Columbia,
D.C.Cir.
and T.D. v. LaGrange
School District,
7th Cir., challenging application of Buckhannon
to
limit attorney fee
awards under IDEA."
16.
NCLB Choice and Disabilities
High
School
Reform Project (Including School-to-Career)
- CLE Project Overview
- Key Quality and Equity Provisions of Perkins Act
- All Aspects of the Industry
- Integration of Academic And Vocational Education
- Issue Brief: Students with Disabilities, School-to-Career Transition and the School-to-Work Opportunities Act
- Vocational Education and School-to-Career Resources
Community
Action for Public Schools
(CAPS)
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