In Rockingham Superior Court on Friday, the legal definition of adequate education collided with the broader definition of what’s involved in providing that education.

A new round of school-related lawsuits could dramatically expand courts’ interpretation of equitable and adequate education. Michael Rebell, a professor at Teachers College, Columbia University ...

Contrary to still-popular critique, the import of the “minimally adequate” ruling wasn’t that it set a low bar: A constitutional requirement, after all, is by definition a minimum.

Previously, the only way a tenured professor could have his or her contract terminated was by exhibiting gross neglect of faculty obligations -- such as repeatedly failing to teach class or grade -- ...

These included HB 646, "proposing a definition of an adequate education," sponsored by Rep. Michael Asselin, R-Danville, which is still under study by the House.

After lengthy discussions with Tennessee education leaders and months of consideration, the State Board of Education unanimously voted to pass a long-awaited definition of "adequate growth" for ...