The mother used the (divorced, non-custodial) father's address. The father is funding the school they were sent to, even though the children (who don't pay taxe

The mother used the (divorced, non-custodial) father's address. The father is funding the school they were sent to, even though the children (who don't pay taxes, obviously) don't live at the father's address. Not only should she never have been punished, but the very idea that this is a 'grand theft' felony is offensive. That said, I think the article is a confused mishmash. It went from talking about the abuse of the legal system by the school authorities to railing against teachers' unions to suggesting that the two groups (school authorities and teachers' unions) are working in cahoots to keep parents out of the loop on their children's education. Real educational reform is required in the U.S., for certain. But blaming the teachers isn't reform: it's scapegoat-ism. Laws like the one that opened the article need to go away. Quickly, as they're offensive to everything that America claims it holds dear.