The State of Law and Education in the United States

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

The past ten years have been seismic in reshaping the relationship between law and education in the United States. The proposed Presidential Program panel addresses these changes in a town- hall conversation and engages education researchers to address pressing contemporary topics in education law. These include, but are not limited to: the pending case before the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to end race-conscious decision-making in higher education (Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard College); the Maine school-funding case that serves as a backdoor for requiring public funding of religious education (Carson v. Makin); curricular issues emerging across the country on critical race theory (CRT) and LGBTQ+ people and histories; inclusion of students with disabilities; and the proverbial “Holy Grail” in education law, its establishment as a Constitutionally protected right.

Sub Unit

• AERA Presidential Session

Chair

• Matthew Patrick Shaw, Vanderbilt Law School

Participants

• Derek Black, University of South Carolina School of Law

• Kevin D. Brown, Indiana University

• Rachel Fay Moran, University of California - Irvine

Discussants

• Matthew Patrick Shaw, Vanderbilt Law School

• Preston C. Green, University of Connecticut

• Dana Thompson Dorsey, University of South Florida