Edgewood Student Walkout
Around 400 students from Edgewood High School in San Antonio, Texas, walked out to protest educational inequities.
Rodriguez vs SAISD
Parents sued SAISD arguing that poverty was a protected class by the 14th amendment and the way schools were funded discriminated against poor students.
Appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court
After a lower court ruled in favor of Rodriguez and the parents, the case then moved to the Supreme Court.
Supreme Court Decision In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court reversed the lower court’s ruling. The Court stated that while the Texas school funding system was unfair, it was not unconstitutional and ...
