GOP Federal Judge Rules Children Have No Right To Literacy in America
 

This ruling was in Michigan, the state where Trump's appointed secretary of education ( billionaire Betsy Devos) is pushing to privatize all public education. The judge was appointed by Bush in 2008.

This is another example of Republicans being pro life but not giving 2 shits about children after they're born.

Federal judge rules Detroit children have no ‘fundamental right’ to literacy

"I'm shocked," said Ivy Bailey, president of the Detroit Federation of Teachers. "The message that it sends is that education is not important. And it sends the message that we don't care if you're literate or not."

The ruling came in a federal lawsuit that was closely watched across the U.S. because of its potential impact: Filed on behalf of Detroit students, it sought to hold a dozen state officials — including Gov. Rick Snyder — accountable for what plaintiffs said were systemic failures that deprived Detroit children of their right to literacy.

The lawsuit sought remedies that included literacy reforms, a systemic approach to instruction and intervention, as well as fixes to crumbling Detroit schools. Earlier this month, officials with the Detroit Public Schools Community District said it would cost $500 million to bring school buildings up to par.

"Widespread illiteracy has hampered the City’s efforts to connect Detroiters with good-paying jobs; to fill vacancies on its police force, and to grow its tax base. Illiteracy, moreover, has greatly exacerbated the effects of intergenerational poverty in Detroit."

U.S. District Judge Stephen Murphy III, in his ruling Friday, noted the importance of literacy.

"Plainly, literacy — and the opportunity to obtain it — is of incalculable importance," Murphy wrote in a 40-page opinion. "As plaintiffs point out, voting, participating meaningfully in civic life, and accessing justice require some measure of literacy."

But those points, Murphy said, "do not necessarily make access to literacy a fundamental right." And, he said, the U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly emphasized that the importance of a good or service "does not determine whether it must be regarded as fundamental."

The Prince-DeVos Plan to Privatize American Institutions - Center for American Progress

DeVos has pushed to move millions of dollars from Title I—a program that gives additional funds to the country’s poorest school districts—to a school choice program, including a federal system of private school vouchers. This would allow millions of public dollars to flow to a range of entities that do not answer to taxpayers, such as private schools and for-profit charter schools.

Evidence shows that privatizing education hurts students and schools and that vouchers—which provide families with a fixed amount of public dollars to put toward private school tuition—specifically hurt student outcomes. A new CAP report found that being enrolled in a voucher program is equivalent to missing 68 days of learning and has a more detrimental impact on students’ achievement than other negative in-school factors, including school violent crime and teacher absenteeism.

I guess someone doesn't know what "Right" means.

Mr. trump was right. I am so tired of all of this winning.

Trump famously said "I love the poorly educated!" clearly it's because they're easier to take advantage of.

Notice how the Trumplestiltskin's don't care about illiteracy or having to pay to educate your child K-12 then have to pay for their college?

You can't fix stupid. OP proves this daily.. The judge is correct.

Ok I gave you a chance. 4 threads created by you all lies, now this. You're blocked again loser.

Isn't it required by law that a child of a certain age attend school?

yes it is, but doesn't mean they have to learn anything, just have to have their ass in a seat so the district or charter school can get paid

Last year, just 44 percent of the third-graders who took the Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress passed the exam; the year before, it was 46 percent. In Detroit, far fewer students are proficient in reading.

That Devos bitch has been pushing for Charter schools, most of which are shit schools, so private companies can get public education dollars

They want them dumb and not well read so they vote republican. lol

Trump appreciates your vote.