This Note examines judicial review and oversight of state educational adequacy remedies in light of education budget cuts proposed during the recent recession. Educational adequacy litigation has been relatively successful in establishing children's affirmative right to education under state...

This paper shows that austerity-induced spending cuts harmed student performancein standardized national tests. To identify this relationship, we use cross-municipalityvariation in the timing of eligibility for the Italian Domestic Stability Pact as an exogenous shifter of local public spending....