Only One Fourth-Grader at a California School Can Read at Grade Level. A New Lawsuit Claims the State Is Violating Students’ ‘Constitutional Right to Literacy’

The 74 Million – Esmeralda Fabián Romero

“Is a school in California where only one fourth-grader is able to read at grade level violating students’ constitutional guarantee to a basic education? A new lawsuit could get the green light within days to move forward with this claim, that the state’s Department of Education is depriving low-income students of equal access to learning to read and write. The suit claims to be the first in the United States to seek recognition of the constitutional right to literacy.” (more)