| Education:
J.D., Columbia Law School
Ed.D., Columbia University Teachers College
In 2007, Preston Green received a joint appointment to teach educational law courses at Penn State's College of Education and Dickinson School of Law. He has also helped to develop Penn State's joint degree program in law and education. Before coming to Penn State, Professor Green was a member of the faculty of the College of Education at the University of Massachusetts — Amherst.
Professor Green is a leading scholar in the field of educational law. His research focuses on the legal issues surrounding school choice and educational access. He is the co-author of Charter School Law: Establishing New Legal Relationships (with Julie Mead). He is also the co-author of the forthcoming textbook Financing Education Systems (with Bruce Baker and Craig Richards). Professor Green has served as a consultant for plaintiffs in Montoy v. Kansas, a case in which the Kansas Supreme Court ruled that the school finance system of Kansas violated the state constitution. He is also a member of the Pennsylvania State Charter School Appeal Board (CAB), which hears appeals on school board decisions to deny charter applications or revoke charters.
Contact Information:
Email:
pcg10@psu.edu
Phone: (814) 863-1879
Selected Publications:
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“The No Child Left Behind Act and the Re-Emergence of Equal Educational Opportunity Litigation,” in Our Promise: Achieving Educational Equity for America's Children, with B. D. Baker, M. Dyson & D. Weddle, eds., Carolina Academic Press, forthcoming 2008.
Financing Education Systems, with B. D. Baker, C. E. Richards, Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2007.
Charter Schools and the Law: establishing new legal relationships, Norwood, MA: Christopher-Gordon Publishers, Inc., 2004. |
| Articles in Law Reviews |
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“Re-examining the Constitutionality of Prayer in School in Light of the Resignation of Justice O'Connor,”
with J. F. Mead & J. O. Oluwole, Journal of Law & Education, 2007.
“Race-conscious Funding Strategies and School Finance Litigation,” with B. D. Baker, Boston University Public Interest
Law Journal, 2006.
“Urban Legends, Desegregation and School Finance: Did Kansas City Really Prove That Money Doesn't Matter?” with B. D.
Baker, Michigan Journal of Race and Law, 2006.
“Circumventing Rodriguez: Can Plaintiffs Use the Equal Protection Clause to Challenge School Finance
Disparities Caused by Inequitable State Distribution Policies?” with B. D. Baker, Texas Forum on Civil Liberties
and Civil Rights, 2002.
“Charter Schools and Religious Institutions: a Match Made in Heaven?” West's Education Law Reporter, 2001.
“Keeping Promises: an Examination of Charter Schools' Vulnerability to Claims for Educational Liability,” with J. F.
Mead, Brigham Young University Law and Education Journal, 2001.
“Racial Balancing Provisions and Charter Schools: Are Charter Schools out on a Constitutional Limb?” Brigham Young
University Law and Education Journal, 2001.
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| Articles in Education Journals |
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“Tricks of the Trade: State Legislative Actions in School Finance Policy that Perpetuate Racial Disparities in the Post-Brown Era,” with B. D. Baker, American Journal of Education, 2005.
“School Finance Litigation and Legislation: The Promises and Limitations of the Third Wave,” Peabody Journal of Education, 2004. |
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