By Ana Choi
Last month, David Boies—the star litigator who represented Al Gore in Bush v. Gore and argued against California’s Prop 8 in Hollingsworth v. Perry—became the chairman of Partnership for Educational Justice (PEJ), an organization founded by former CNN anchor Campbell Brown to pursue lawsuits challenging teacher tenure. According to an interview with the Washington Post, Boies is crafting a state-by-state litigation strategy in order to eliminate teacher tenure through the court system. Boies’s decision to join PEJ followed on the heels of Vergara v. California, a case in which a California judge ruled that teacher tenure laws violate students’ civil rights under the state’s constitution (the teachers union and Gov. Jerry Brown are appealing). [Read more…] about Getting Rid of Teacher Tenure Will Not Lead to Education Equality