State's highest court: Aid to public schools is unconstitutionally low

‘Woefully inadequate’ state funding for K-12 public schools is unconstitutional, top N.H. court rules - The Boston Globe

But the ruling also reversed the trial court’s directive that the state immediately increase public school funding.

State's highest court: Aid to public schools is unconstitutionally low

For the first time since the landmark Claremont decision 32 years earlier, the New Hampshire Supreme Court, by a 3-2 decision, has found the state’s level of education aid to public schools to be constitutionally insufficient.

NH Supreme Court: State falls far short on school funding, but leaves fix to Legislature

The decision — the latest in a decades-long court battle over what the state needs to spend to educate its students — does not mandate a dollar amount. But the justices said lawmakers and the governor need to address the underlying shortfall in school spending.

Mississippi Freedom Trail marker unveiled in honor of public school integration - SuperTalk Mississippi

A new marker on the Mississippi Freedom Trail was recently unveiled in Lexington, commemorating a U.S. Supreme Court decision that played a pivotal role in desegregating public schools. The marker was unveiled at S.V. Marshall Elementary School, the grounds of which helped lead to the case of “Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education.” Despite SCOTUS ruling in 1954 that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional, many schools…