Suing for Choice
Written by Mark Harris on January 30th, 2005Well it looks like the school choice is about to get a little more interesting. According to a story in the Atlanta Journal Constitution, several Atlanta residents are suing the state saying that the inequity in the state education plan is inherently unfair and unconstitutional. But they are offering not more money for inner-city schools as a solution, but rather vouchers, an expansion of the charter school program, and the right to send a child to any public school.
“If they prevail, this would eclipse Brown v. Board,” the landmark desegregation case, said Herbert Walberg, an education and psychology professor who is now a visiting fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. “It’s more sweeping than Brown. That’s why I think this is such an extraordinary case.”
Walberg, who has agreed to testify on behalf of the Atlanta parents, says his research shows children benefit from greater educational options.
Now, I do not favor this type of approach because I think this is so clearly a legislative issue as opposed to a judicial one, but it will be interesting to watch nonetheless.
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