A federal right to education : fundamental questions for our democracy
- Responsibility
- edited by Kimberly Jenkins Robinson ; with a foreword by Martha Minow and an afterword by Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott
- Publication
- New York : New York University Press, [2019]
- Physical description
- 1 online resource (279 pages)
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Creators/Contributors
- Contributor
- Robinson, Kimberly Jenkins, editor.
- Minow, Martha, 1954- writer of foreword.
- Scott, Bobby, 1947- writer of afterword.
Contents/Summary
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Contents
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- Foreword. "The whole people must take upon themselves the education of the whole people" / Martha Minow
- Introduction. The essential questions regarding a federal right to education / Kimberly Jenkins Robinson
- The justifications for a stronger federal response to address educational inequalities / Jason P. Nance
- The inadequate right to education : a case study of obstacles to state protection / Kristine L. Bowman
- Doctrine, politics, and the limits of a federal right to education / Eloise Pasachoff
- Latina/os and a federal right to education / Kevin R. Johnson
- Implying a federal constitutional right to education / Derek W. Black
- Education for sovereign people / Peggy Cooper Davis
- A Congressional right to education : promises, pitfalls, and politics / Kimberly Jenkins Robinson
- No time to lose : why the United States needs an education amendment to the US Constitution / Southern Education Foundation
- Assuring essential educational resources through a federal right to education / Linda Darling-Hammond
- The constitution of opportunity : democratic equality, economic inequality, and the right to compete / Rachel F. Moran
- Lessons from state school finance inform a new federal right to equal access to a high-quality education / Carmel Martin, Ulrich Boser, Meg Benner, and Perpetual Baffour
- Protecting a federal right to educational equality and adequacy / Joshua E. Weishart
- Conclusion. An American dream deferred : a federal right to education / Kimberly Jenkins Robinson
- Afterword / Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott of Virginia
- Publisher's summary
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How the United States can provide equal educational opportunity to every child The United States Supreme Court closed the courthouse door to federal litigation to narrow educational funding and opportunity gaps in schools when it ruled in San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez in 1973 that the Constitution does not guarantee a right to education. Rodriguez pushed reformers back to the state courts where they have had some success in securing reforms to school funding systems through education and equal protection clauses in state constitutions, but far less success in changing the basic structure of school funding in ways that would ensure access to equitable and adequate funding for schools. Given the limitations of state school funding litigation, education reformers continue to seek new avenues to remedy inequitable disparities in educational opportunity and achievement, including recently returning to federal court. This book is the first comprehensive examination of three issues regarding a federal right to education: why federal intervention is needed to close educational opportunity and achievement gaps; the constitutional and statutory legal avenues that could be employed to guarantee a federal right to education; and, the scope of what a federal right to education should guarantee. A Federal Right to Education provides a timely and thoughtful analysis of how the United States could fulfill its unmet promise to provide equal educational opportunity and the American Dream to every child, regardless of race, class, language proficiency, or neighborhood.
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- Publication date
- 2019
- Title variation
- Fundamental questions for our democracy
- Access
- Available to Stanford-affiliated users
- ISBN
- 1479872776 (electronic book)
- 9781479872770 (electronic bk.)
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