Monday, September 19, 2016

Your State's Schools Are In Trouble When A Judge Says ...

...Texas? Check. Kentucky? Check. Kansas? Check.

In fact, nearly every state has seen at least one suit in which plaintiffs, often representing cash-strapped urban districts, argue that their schools' reliance on property tax revenue is unfair and inadequate.

What makes this suit stand out is that Judge Moukawsher did not limit his ruling to the question of school money. Instead, he took the state's entire education system to the woodshed. Moukawsher's 90-page ruling (not including appendices), which he read aloud in court, has remarkable breadth and bite....
http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/09/14/493622124/your-states-schools-are-in-trouble-when-a-judge-says?ft=nprml&f=1001


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