This is the best story yet on the Texas story today, in which Judge John Dietz said that the current funding system was inequitable. Of course, his decision will be appealed as some folks would rather not pay more money to educate the children of Texas. The story appears in the Texas Tribune.
Here is a great quote from the decision and the article:
“As he presented his ruling, Dietz discussed what he called the “civic, altruistic and economic” reasons for supporting public education.
“We realize that others provided for us when we were children. We realize that children are without means to secure their education. Just as others provided for us when we were in school, now is the time when we provide for others,” he said, going on to describe the societal benefits of a well-educated population: lower crime rates, fewer people who need public assistance and a greater state income.”
Diane Ravitch's blog 
Isn’t this story about the prior ruling? It’s date-stamped February 2013.
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FLERP, the story in the Texas Tribune may be dated 2013, but it was an update issued yesterday at 3:43 p.m. updating the 2013 story, which is printed below. The update contains an excerpt of Comm. Williams’ statement, issued yesterday.
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No, it looks like that update was posted the afternoon of February 4, 2013, updating the story that was originally published that morning. The morning story discussed the closing arguments that the parties were making that morning, and the ruling that was expected in the afternoon. The afternoon update reported on the ruling that the Judge issued from the bench.
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FLERP, the story was sent by a Texan watching the case closely. If there is another story, I will post it.
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Here’s the Texas Trib’s story from yesterday.
http://www.texastribune.org/2014/08/28/judge-issues-school-finance-ruling/
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