DC sued over unequal schools
Parents and advocates of children in D.C. Public Schools are asking a federal judge to halt city spending on charter schools and ensure public schools are given economic priority in what they say is unequal funding between the two types of schools. Members of a group called "Save Our Schools Southeast/Northeast" and seven parents filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court Sept. 1 against top school and city officials, alleging the city has neglected public schools and has violated the Fifth Amendment in its support for charter schools. The plaintiffs argue the city is spending an excessive amount of money and resources on charter schools in the name of "school choice," while failing to address the persistent problems facing public schools in the District. This, they say, is a violation of the Fifth Amendment's due process and equal protection requirements, and the "separate but equal" standard set in the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark Brown v. Board of Education desegregation ruling 50 years ago. [more 
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