The Campaign for Educational Equity releases today the third report in its Education, Equity, and the Law series, "Building a Sustained School Facilities Remedy: Arizona's Innovative Blueprint for Capital Funding" written by Molly A. Hunter, the director of Education Justice at the Education Law Center. "Building a Sustained School Facilities Remedy" analyzes the success of Arizona's statewide process for financing and building school facilities, which is a result of the 1998 Students FIRST Act, an education quality lawsuit that established the Arizona School Facilities Board. The author gives an overview of this litigation and its effects in Arizona, including the progress of the School Facilities Board in funding new building and renovation, and areas where the funding mechanism still falls short. [download report]

The final version of the Campaign for Educational Equity's 20-state report entitled “Stimulating Equity? A Preliminary Analysis of the Impact of the Federal Stimulus Act on Educational Opportunity” was released last month. A draft version of the paper was presented at the Campaign’s Fifth Annual Symposium, held on February 8-9, 2010. The final report is available for download here.

The Campaign for Educational Equity releases today the latest report in its Equity Matters series,"Healthier Students Are Better Learners." The report focuses on "educationally relevant health disparities" in seven areas -- vision; asthma; teen pregnancy; aggression and violence; physical activity; breakfast; and inattention and hyperactivity -- that disproportionately affect the educational opportunities and outcomes of urban minority youth.