Every Child NC’s Leandro Report Summaries - Full Document
WestEd’s report for Leandro v. State of North Carolina
“SOUND BASIC EDUCATION FOR ALL: An Action Plan for North Carolina”
In the 1997 decision for Leandro v. State of North Carolina, the North Carolina Supreme Court declared the constitutional right of all children to a “sound basic education”.
In 2017, the court sought to facilitate a remedy for Leandro and ordered an independent analysis of the North Carolina school system to determine what changes were needed to provide every child with adequate education.
The WestEd consulting group, in collaboration with other education experts, released their findings in 2019.
Below are the original documents from WestEd’s report, as well as summaries written by education policy specialists from the Every Child NC coalition.
Leandro Report Analysis by Every Child NC
Original Leandro Report Documents
Communities for the Education of Every Child NC
Comunidades para la Educación de Cada Niño NC
We are a community-led, statewide coalition of organizations, parents, teachers, and students who advocate for every child’s constitutional right to a sound basic education.