Commentary on the New Jersey Voucher Lawsuit

Kristen Graham:

Organizers called the suit an important step in the civil-rights movement, pointing out that many students in the defendant districts are poor and minorities.

"This lawsuit today is as important as the Montgomery bus boycott of the mid-1950s," said the Rev. Reginald T. Jackson, executive director of the Black Ministers Council of New Jersey, which joined in the suit. "This, too, will launch a national effort."

Also supporting the suit are Excellent Education for Everyone, a pro-voucher group with offices in Newark and Camden; the Latino Leadership Alliance of New Jersey; and the Alliance for School Choice, a national organization based in Phoenix.

Voucher programs have been implemented with varying success in Arizona, Florida, Ohio and Wisconsin. They have been unsuccessful in California, Georgia, Illinois, and New York.

Jim Wooten has more.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at July 14, 2006 12:02 PM
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