Press Coverage Post-Appellate Court Decision
August 7, 2002
Court leaves thousands of kids behind, Albany Times-Union (8-6-02)
Pataki's Poster Boy, The Village Voice, (Aug.7-13 issue)
August 5, 2002
State Supreme Court rejects latest challenge to his sentence, even as federal ineffective assistance of counsel claim is called into question, New Jersey Law Journal (8-5-02)
July 22, 2002
'Burger' skills case inflames advocates, Albany Times-Union (7-22-02)
July 17, 2002
Court Rulings Imperil Schools and Workforce, Newsday, Robert Johnson (7-17-02)
July 11, 2002
New York Court Finds 8th Grade Education Enough for Children of Color, Amsterdam News (7-11-02)
July 10, 2002
Raising School Standards and Cutting Budget: Huh?, New York Times, Richard Rothstein Column (7-10-02)
July 9, 2002
Ticket to Nowhere, The Village Voice (7-9-02)
July 6, 2002
Eighth-grade education is not enough, The Daily Star (Oneanta) (7-6-02)
July 4, 2002
Court outlaws higher learning for Blacks, Amsterdam News, Alton H. Maddox, Jr. (7-4-02)
July 1, 2002
The "Iota" Standard, New York Times Herbert Column (7-1-02)
Classics Go From Xerxes to Xerox, New York Times Purnick Column (7-01-02)
June 30, 2002
Johnny Can Read, but Well Enough to Vote?, New York Times (6-30-02)June 28, 2002
Pataki: Fix School Funding, Newsday Michael Rebell Editorial (6-28-02)
Letters to the Editor, New York Times (6-28-02)
Court's Ruling Hurts Schools, Poughkeepsie Journal Editorial (6-28-02)
June 27, 2002
The Bare Minimum, New York Times Herbert Column (6-27-02)
Failing Grades: Appellate Division got it wrong: Schools Should Prepare Children for the 21st Century, Newsday editorial (6-27-02)
Shortchanging Schools, Albany Times Union editorial (6-27-02)
Not nearly good enough, Journal News editorial (6-27-02)
Political Cartoon, Journal News (6-27-02)
Schools Ruling Defies Logic, Daily News Gonzalez Column(6-27-02)
Court Ruling Aside, Schools Need More Money, Newsday McCarthy Column (6-27-02)
Officials, Minus One, Gather to Assail Court Ruling on Schools, New York Times (6-27-02)
Rap Gov on School Ruling Dems Say He Backs Stiffingcity Kids on Education, Daily News (6-27-02)
Critics to Appeal School Ruling, Newsday (6-27-02)
The battle over school funding has been waged before, Newsday (AP) (6-27-02)
McCall on school funding: ‘Pataki should be ashamed of himself’, Amsterdam News (6-27-02)June 26, 2002
Blaming the Victim, New York Times editorial (6-26-02)
Court KOs Funding Fix For Schools, NY Daily News (6-26-02)
School finance reform overturned, Albany Times Union (6-26-02)
New York's school aid formula is upheld, Buffalo News (6-26-02)
School aid system OK'd on appeal, Journal News (6-26-02)
Lawyers See Logic in Ruling on Schools, New York Times (6-26-02)
Court Reverses Finance Ruling on City Schools, New York Times (6-26-02)
9th Grade Good Enough for City Kids, Court Says, New York Post (6-26-02)
School Funding Ruling Leaves Pataki Open For Criticism, NY1(6-26-02)
June 25, 2002
Court Nixes Ruling That Would Have Fed More State Funds To City Schools, NY1
N.Y. School Budget Ruling Reversed, Associate Press (appearing in NY Times, WNBC Ch. 4, WABC Ch. 7, NY Newsday, Press & Sun Bulletin) (6-25-02)