[WardFive] A recent U.S. District Court ruling on District public education

FYI, Robert

 

http://tinyurl.com/o2y8eg9

 

“A perusal of any newspaper reveals an indisputable truth: People hold strong and divergent views regarding the future of public education. Today’s headlines capture rampant debates about everything from teachers’ unions to charter schools to the new “Common Core” State Standards.  Conversations about these issues are playing out in legislatures and local governments throughout the country. This fall in the District of Columbia, in fact, voters will consider many of these same questions when they head to the polls to elect their city’s leaders, particularly since the new mayor will appoint the next D.C. Public Schools Chancellor.

 

Plaintiffs in this case – like most parents – care deeply about their children’s education.  Their sons, daughters, and grandchildren are unhappy about the recent closure of their neighborhood schools. And Plaintiffs and their children understandably want their old schools and familiar teachers back. Seeking some avenue by which they might reopen their neighborhood institutions, these parents and guardians turned to the courts.”