Scope and Contents This series contains material related to Ratner's ground-breaking article, "A New Legal Duty for Urban Schools: Effective Education in Basic Skills," published in the Texas Law Review in 1985. Included are drafts, research material, assessments from various school districts, and correspondence, articles and other reactions to the article. Also in this series are topical files related to Ratner's work with Effective Schools ,and articles, including his first article describing his .ideas for...