October 2021

Many schools across the United States are grappling with ways to close the achievement gap between white students and students of color. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on those efforts in Minnesota, which has some of the worst disparities. This report is part of our ongoing “Race Matters” coverage, and the “Agents for […]

Californians could vote next year on whether students should have a constitutional right to a high-quality education, potentially opening the door to litigation from parents dissatisfied with their children’s schools. The effort to get the measure on the November 2022 ballot is just getting started, but such a statute would give parents “legal standing” before a judge

Californians next year could vote on a proposed initiative that promises something almost everyone wants: A “high-quality” public education for every student. But the initiative, backed by longtime education reform advocates, could set up legal battles with the state’s teachers unions and school districts. It would give parents more power to challenge policies they regard

Backers hope language will make it easier to challenge teacher tenure, other laws The Silicon Valley entrepreneur who unsuccessfully took on teacher tenure in court is now supporting a constitutional amendment aimed at requiring California to provide “high-quality” public education for all students. The effort expressly takes aim at state laws, policies and regulations that

Education-reform advocates propose constitutional right to a quality education in what may become a costly fight with teachers unions Education reform advocates have proposed a ballot initiative in California that could allow them to use the courts to challenge teacher-tenure laws and other policies they believe are harming public school students. Similar ballot measures were

Do students have a right to a high-quality education? A proposed ballot initiative filed inCalifornia last Thursday says yes. If successful, it would amend the state constitution to say that all public school students “shall have the right to a high-quality public education” and that relevant state laws and regulations must “put the interests of students first.”

Californianshave been dissatisfied with the state’s public schools for decades, but toquote a famous entertainer of the 20th century, “You ain’t seen nothin’ yet.” Back in 1992, the Legislature responded topublic dismay over the quality of K-12 education by creating public charterschools that would have more independence, often without a union contract forfaculty and staff.

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