Is there a right to read?

+the Trump administration insured 200K through Obamacare Edition: US - Today's top story: Kids have a right to a basic education, according to a new legal milestone [Click here to view this message in your web-browser](. Edition: US 28 April 2020 [The Conversation]( Academic rigor, journalistic flair Editor's note The U.S. Constitution doesn’t give kids the right to an education. Whether they have such a right is an issue the Supreme Court has avoided for nearly four decades. But last Thursday, a federal appeals court found the teaching quality at five Detroit public schools inadequate, ruling that students had a right not just to attend school – but to learn to read while they were there. It was the nation’s first such federal ruling. It’s too soon to know what the repercussions will be, explains Kristine Bowman, a Michigan State University scholar of the law and education policy. But, she adds, [“no matter what happens next, the appeals court’s decision will remain groundbreaking](.” Also today: - [3 leadership lessons from President Lincoln]( - [Why meat processing plants are closing]( - [Figuring out when and where sharks give birth]( Emily Schwartz Greco Philanthropy + Nonprofits | Childhood + Parenting Editor Top story The Supreme Court has long avoided weighing in on this question. Ariel Skelley / Getty Images [Kids have a right to a basic education, according to a new legal milestone]( Kristine Bowman, Michigan State University A federal court with jurisdiction over Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee found that the state governments have a legal obligation to ensure that children can learn how to read. Health + Medicine - [How the Trump administration accidentally insured over 200,000 through Obamacare]( Coleman Drake, University of Pittsburgh; David Anderson, Duke University The idea, says our experts, was to shut down Obamacare. 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