School Choice
By JAMES K. FITZPATRICK A recent Court of Appeals decision could cause some interesting reactions in the debate over school choice; perhaps some confusion, as well. Jacob Gershman in the August 31 edition of The Wall Street Journal writes: “The Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected claims by a group of Arkansas parents that they had a right to transfer their kids out of a struggling school district in northeast Arkansas to neighboring districts where they thought the children could be better educated. School officials rejected the transfer applications because they said the children’s assigned district, which is predominantly African-American, is still subject to a desegregation order from more than 40 years ago. “The parents, who are white, sued…Continue Reading