What's New

Plaintiffs in Williams v. California recently served their Liability Disclosure Statement, a 400-page document that sets out Plaintiffs' legal theories of how the State of California has failed its schoolchildren over the past 30 years.

• Plaintiffs' Liability Disclosure Statement (PDF -- 403 pp)

In addition, Plaintiffs have obtained sixteen reports from distinguished experts on public education and the specific issues in this case.

An overall analysis of the other expert reports is found in Education Inadequacy, Inequality, and Failed State Policy: A Synthesis of Expert Reports Prepared for Williams v. State of California, by Jeannie Oakes, Presidential Professor, Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, UCLA.

A full listing of the experts and their report titles (or topics) follows:

• The Condition of California School Facilities and Policies Related to those Conditions
  Robert Corley, Independent School Facilities Consultant
  
  
• Access to Quality Teaching
  Prof. Linda Darling-Hammond, Stanford University
  
  
• The Effect of the Condition of School Facilities on Student Academic Achievement
  Prof. Emeritus Glen Earthman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  
  
• What Educational Resources Do Students Need to Meet California's Educational Content Standards?
  Prof. William Koski, Stanford University
  
  
• The Psychological and Academic Effects on Children and Adolescents of Structural Facilities' Problems, Exposure to High Levels of Under-Credentialed Teachers, Substantial Teacher Turnover, and Inadequate Books and Materials
  Prof. Michelle Fine, City University of New York, Graduate Center
  
  
• The Unending Search for Equity: California Policy, the "New" School Finance, and the Williams Case
  Prof. Norton Grubb, & Laura Goe, UC Berkeley
  
  
• English Language Learner Access to Basic Educational Necessities in California: An Analysis of Inequities
  Prof. Kenji Hakuta, Stanford University
  
  
• Segregation in California's K-12 Public Schools: Biases in Implementation, Assignment, and Achievement with the Multi-Track Year-Round Calendar
  Dr. Ross Mitchell, Research Scientist, Gallaudet University
  
  
• Public School Accountability, State Oversight, and Intervention in California's Distressed Schools
  Prof. Heinrich Mintrop, UCLA
  
  
• Solutions Available and Utilized by States Other Than California to Address the Long-Term Planning, Maintenance, Supervision, and Operation of School Facilities
  Dr. Nancy R. Myers, Educational Facility Planner, The Myers Group
  
  
• Access to Textbooks, Instructional Materials, Equipment, and Technology
  Prof. Jeannie Oakes, UCLA
  
  
• Multi-Track, Year-Round Calendar (Concept 6) and Busing to Address Overcrowding
  Prof. Jeannie Oakes, UCLA
  
  
• Education Inadequacy, Inequality, and Failed State Policy: A Synthesis of Expert Reports Prepared for Williams v. State of California
  Prof. Jeannie Oakes, UCLA
  
  
• California's Accountability System and the API
  Prof. Michael Russell, Boston College
  
  
• The Impact of the Physical Condition of School Facilities on Student's Short Term and Long Term Health
  Prof. Megan Sandel, Boston University
  
  
• Identification of Conditions and Resources Minimally Required for Schools and of an Appropriate State Role in Their Provision
  Dr. Thomas Sobol, Former Commissioner of Education, New York