Comments on: High court revives Lobato “adequacy” suit http://www.ednewscolorado.org/2009/10/19/high-court-revives-lobato-suite/ Colorado's comprehensive site for education news and analysis Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:19:05 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: New chapter opens in K-12 funding lawsuit | EdNewsColorado http://www.ednewscolorado.org/2009/10/19/high-court-revives-lobato-suite/comment-page-1/#comment-2905 New chapter opens in K-12 funding lawsuit | EdNewsColorado Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:41:40 +0000 http://www.ednewscolorado.org/?p=1097#comment-2905 [...] EdNews story on October supreme court decision [...] [...] EdNews story on October supreme court decision [...]

]]> By: Julie Delegal http://www.ednewscolorado.org/2009/10/19/high-court-revives-lobato-suite/comment-page-1/#comment-475 Julie Delegal Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:55:21 +0000 http://www.ednewscolorado.org/?p=1097#comment-475 We are watching Colorado from here in Florida. Our constitution says the state has a "paramount duty" to provide "adequate funding" for a "high quality" education. To answer Ed, above, when the laws appear to butt up against the constitution, i.e., there is a conflict of laws, then the courts decide which law wins out. The right to be heard in court is equal to the right to elect representatives who enact laws through a political process. The people reserve the right to say "out of bounds" when the politicians go out of bounds. We are watching Colorado from here in Florida. Our constitution says the state has a “paramount duty” to provide “adequate funding” for a “high quality” education.

To answer Ed, above, when the laws appear to butt up against the constitution, i.e., there is a conflict of laws, then the courts decide which law wins out. The right to be heard in court is equal to the right to elect representatives who enact laws through a political process. The people reserve the right to say “out of bounds” when the politicians go out of bounds.

]]> By: Kathy Hansen http://www.ednewscolorado.org/2009/10/19/high-court-revives-lobato-suite/comment-page-1/#comment-132 Kathy Hansen Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:58:13 +0000 http://www.ednewscolorado.org/?p=1097#comment-132 I would certainly agree after reading it, that it's a very odd decision. :-) Weird, even. I would certainly agree after reading it, that it’s a very odd decision. :-)
Weird, even.

]]> By: Ed is Watching » Civics Lesson: Colorado Supreme Court Asserts School Finance Authority http://www.ednewscolorado.org/2009/10/19/high-court-revives-lobato-suite/comment-page-1/#comment-128 Ed is Watching » Civics Lesson: Colorado Supreme Court Asserts School Finance Authority Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:19:19 +0000 http://www.ednewscolorado.org/?p=1097#comment-128 [...] make the laws, and the courts just supposed to interpret them? Well then, how do you explain this overreaching 4-3 decision from the Colorado Supreme [...] [...] make the laws, and the courts just supposed to interpret them? Well then, how do you explain this overreaching 4-3 decision from the Colorado Supreme [...]

]]> By: Kathy Hansen http://www.ednewscolorado.org/2009/10/19/high-court-revives-lobato-suite/comment-page-1/#comment-108 Kathy Hansen Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:21:43 +0000 http://www.ednewscolorado.org/?p=1097#comment-108 I am truly humbled today upon receiving this news. Hell has frozen over! May the children of Colorado finally receive the attention and funding they have always deserved. The state's inclination to educate its own children poorly and expect better-schooled workers to come into the state later to fill the gaps, has long been a sorrow in my heart. Not just as a mother, but -- as a human. Thank you, Supreme Court, for telling us that you do see our kids and understand that they both need, and deserve, that one thing that nobody can ever take from them: an education. I am truly humbled today upon receiving this news.
Hell has frozen over!
May the children of Colorado finally receive the attention and funding they have always deserved. The state’s inclination to educate its own children poorly and expect better-schooled workers to come into the state later to fill the gaps, has long been a sorrow in my heart.
Not just as a mother, but — as a human.
Thank you, Supreme Court, for telling us that you do see our kids and understand that they both need, and deserve, that one thing that nobody can ever take from them: an education.

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