Education Law

Edjurist TV: Episode 1 - Podcast with Dr. Gina Umpstead on The Implications of Pontiac v. Spellings.

Today we are debuting a new feature, Edjurist TV. The plan here is to record interviews of some of the movers and shakers in the education law community, giving them an opportunity to talk about their area of expertise. Most of the videos will be both audio and video, but this first one is audio only (i.e. a podcast). You'll see more of these, including with some possible sponsorships, over the coming months.

But, today in Episode 1 I had the opportunity to sit down with Gina Umpstead, an Assistant Professor at Central Michigan University. She has been following the NCLB litigation closely, with a particular focus on the Pontiac v. Spellings case out of Michigan. So, in this episode, we chatted it up about that case and the en banc hearing at the 6th Circuit and its possible ramifications on NCLB reauthorization. I was wholly impressed with her expertise on this topic and I think you will be as well (I think she sort of outshines me by plenty).

Resources:

Unfunded Mandates Provision of NCLB, Section 7907

Pontiac v. Spellings - Sixth Circuit Opinion - 3 Judge Panel

Pontiac v. Spellings - District Court Opinion

Connecticut v. Spellings

Mark Walsh's thoughts after attending the en banc hearing.

NSBA's resources on the case.

Full post as published by Edjurist on February 09, 2009 (boomark / email).