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Center for Educational Equity Associate Director Jonathan Collins founded a new research lab to support school boards with data-driven insights for building democratic processes and encouraging community participation. 

This fall, Chicago’s first school board elections will be underway. The Center's Associate Director, Dr. Jonathan Collins, weighs in on the city's transition process to an elected system and its consequences for "political infighting."

Banks voiced “the quiet part out loud,” said Jonathan Collins, a professor of politics and education at Columbia University’s Teachers College.

The Center for Educational Equity, along with the Education Law Center, the American Federation of Teachers, and the National Center for Youth Law and Education Law prepared an amicus brief in support of the Plaintiffs in Branford, et al v. State of Maryland in their case regarding students' right under the state constitution to an adequate education.

Michael Rebell weighs in on the Board of Regents regulation to ensure schools, religious or otherwise, provide students with instruction in core subjects that is “substantialy-equivalent” to that provided in local public schools.

In this article, the Center's founder and Executive Director, Michael Rebell, discusses the headwinds associated with civic learning assessments.

Michael Rebell, the Center's founder and Executive Director, offers insights into the implementation process following school funding litigation. 

Michael Rebell, Executive Director of the Center for Educational Equity at Teachers College, discusses litigation and school funding.

Michael Rebell comments on school funding policies that are tied to school enrollment, which pose challenges for districts like New York City's during times of change.

Rhode Island is posed to overhaul civics education following a years-long battle led by Michael Rebell on the behalf of public school students.

A legal battle over how Pennsylvania divides school funding awaits a verdict. TC’s Michael Rebell comments on what will likely happen next.