Kids court better teachers

Folks are becoming fed up with the way the school system protects bad teachers.

So just before the July 4th weekend, 11 New York students set off some fireworks of their own with a class-action lawsuit claiming the state's tenure laws are "gross and glaringly inadequate."

Because these laws make it hard to fire bad teachers, the suit contends, New York children are deprived of the right to a "sound education" promised them in the state Constitution.

This was followed Monday in Washington by Education Secretary Arne Duncan's announcement of a new federal initiative designed to get good teachers into the schools where they are needed most.

Though the two are unrelated, the federal initiative confirms the gist of the New York complaint: The existing public school system serves adults at the expense of kids.

The New York City Parents Union filed their suit on behalf of the students. It is the first such lawsuit since last month's stunning decision in California, where a judge found that teacher protections violated the Golden State's constitutional promises of a good education for all.

Here's the bottom line: Whether the argument the 11 students are making will prevail in New York's courts as it did in California's, we can't predict. But when it comes to the moral indictment — that keeping bad teachers makes it harder for kids to get an education — it's no contest.

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