A federal right to education : fundamental questions for our democracy /

A federal right to education : fundamental questions for our democracy /

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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 edu...

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Other Authors: Robinson, Kimberly Jenkins (Editor), Minow, Martha, 1954- (writer of foreword.), Scott, Bobby, 1947- (writer of afterword.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Right to education > United States.
Educational equalization > Law and legislation > United States.
Education and state > United States.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • "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
  • An American dream deferred : a federal right to education / Kimberly Jenkins Robinson
  • Afterword / Congressman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott of Virginia.

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