Does the Constitution guarantee a public school education? Although the Supreme Court refused to recognize education as a fundamental right in San Antonio v. Rodriguez, the Court in several other cases has emphasized the possibility that the constitution might afford some protection for education. In The Constitutional Compromise to Guarantee Education, noted scholar Derek Black offers powerful evidence that the original intent of the Fourteenth Amendment was to guarantee education as a right of state citizenship. Join Black as he presents this new theory and explores its potential consequences for the future of public education in America.
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