[Dilbert San Diego]

Gee, this could be a test case for whether schools have a responsibility to make sure kids have learned a minimal amount. You hear so many stories, especially about inner city schools, where kids graduate and are functionally illiterate. Whether a lawsuit is the answer, we’ll see what happens with this one.

[Keli Kilohana]

If you send your child to the doctor and the doctor does not professionally treat your child, can you file a malpractice suit against her or him?

If you hire a professional gymnast to train your child, and the the gymnast leaves your child as functionally untrained as the day you took him or her for the first lesson, could you sue the gymnast?

[RJL]

this could be a test case for whether schools have a responsibility to make sure kids have learned a minimal amount.

I'd guess it will be ruled like the Police. They have a duty to protect society in general, but no duty to protect you in particular.

[martin gibson]

You hear so many stories, especially about inner city schools, where kids graduate and are functionally illiterate...

here in the Cleveland Municipal School District a high school senior reading at third grade level will be accused of "acting white". (this is NOT a joke.)