By Christopher Magan | Twin Cities Pioneer Press
“Attorneys for parents challenging Minnesota teachers union laws asked an appeals court panel Wednesday to overturn a lower court’s decision to dismiss their case.
St. Paul mother Roxanne Draughn and three other parents from across the Twin Cities filed a lawsuit in April 2016 claiming that teacher tenure and other union rules protect bad teachers and worsen the academic achievement gap.
Last fall, a Ramsey County District Court judge dismissed their case, ruling that the plaintiffs’ lawsuit did not have enough evidence to show the union rules contributed to the achievement gap between poor and minority students and their peers.”