Virtual Schools, Real Innovation
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Virtual Schools, Real Innovation
By ANDREW J. ROTHERHAM
Published: April 7, 2006
Washington
A WISCONSIN court rejected a high-profile lawsuit by the state’s largest teachers’ union last month seeking to close a public charter school that offers all its courses online on the ground that it violated state law by depending on parents rather than on certified teachers to educate children. The case is part of a national trend that goes well beyond virtual schooling: teachers’ unions are turning to the courts to fight virtually any deviation from uniformity in public schools.
Thank god. The unions and lawyers have always been bed partners. To deny parents the right to be involved with their children’s education in this manner is egregious.
h/t John McAdams @ Marquette Warrior
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otbl’ers were on to this one too – back on 3/21
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Support the teachers!!!