School suit offers chance for reform
Editorial/Sacramento Bee
It should be no surprise that California is the latest state to face a lawsuit attacking its school funding system. The current system is utterly broken. It was only a matter of time before someone took the state to the courts. The Robles-Wong v. State of California lawsuit, spearheaded by the California School Boards Association, certainly is a high-stakes gamble. But if the threat gets lawmakers and the governor moving to revamp school finance on their own to avoid a court-imposed system, Californians should be all for it. (more...)