The news that a group of concerned parents is suing the state of Florida for its failure to provide a high quality education system has met one important goal already -- people are talking about what's wrong in Florida, and how we can fix it. Here's a sampling of what a few of Florida's opinion leaders are saying:

The Gainesville Sun: "Something is wrong when our best and our brightest young people are receiving high school diplomas yet are not ready for college. What an indictment of our political leadership and of the FCAT culture they created." And more: "The action has been a long time coming. Maybe we missed it, but we don't think Florida has a constitutional mandate requiring lawmakers to keep taxes as low as possible at the expense of our children."

The Tallahassee Democrat: "Students drop out in frustration before they even enter high school; minority students are too often on the down side of the achievement gap, entering school unprepared to learn, and the digital divide exacerbates economic and social inequities that are irrefutable despite data manipulated to win political gold stars."

The Daytona Beach News-Journal: "Florida's poor performance on other key measures -- such as graduation rate -- demonstrate the folly of depending on standardized tests for definitive assessments of schools."