“Who needs a bad teacher when you can get a worse judge?”

The Economist (Nov. 25) on the paralysis of our schools, with special reference to the legal consent decrees that tie up public education in New York City (via Right Coast). And as Jim Copland reports at Point of Law (Nov. 29), “Over at Phil Howard’s Common Good, they have collected all the laws and regulations […]

The Economist (Nov. 25) on the paralysis of our schools, with special reference to the legal consent decrees that tie up public education in New York City (via Right Coast). And as Jim Copland reports at Point of Law (Nov. 29), “Over at Phil Howard’s Common Good, they have collected all the laws and regulations governing a typical public high school in New York City. On their new website, ‘Over Ruled,’ you can access explanations and commentary by type of regulation as well as follow interactive flow charts explaining the labyrinthine process for, e.g., suspending a student.”

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