Professor Zephyr Teachout was quoted in a State of Politics article in which she responds to a ruling that struck down new state guidelines focused on education standards.
The decision from State Supreme Court Judge Christina Ryba effects State Education Department guidelines released last year that would require school district-level review of education standards at private schools.
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Advocates for boosting education standards, however, decried the sweeping decision.“It is absolutely imperative for the Education Department to provide reasonable oversight to make sure every student in New York is receiving an education that complies with state standards. This is about educational equity, pure and simple and we have to start putting children ahead of politics,” said Zephyr Teachout, a Fordham Law school professor and prior candidate for attorney general and Congress.
“I sincerely hope that the Attorney General will appeal the judge’s ruling and that state and city leaders will take appropriate action to end this ongoing neglect of students regardless of religion.”
