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Verstegen, Deborah A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1994
Since 1989, supreme courts in 12 states have declared their education finance systems unconstitutional. Numerous states are involved in litigation. State courts are presently attempting to close the gap between the best- and worst-financed education systems, focus on disparities in substantive education content, and achieve equity and adequacy…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Court Litigation, Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education
Zirkel, Perry A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2004
This case presents a costly lesson for teachers and for districts that include a liquidated, or stipulated, damages clause in their teacher employment contracts. Although the court enforced the clause in this case, in this well-reasoned recent decision and in most of the much older, canvassed case law from other jurisdictions, the answer to the…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Public School Teachers, Teacher Employment, Contracts