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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword. “The Whole People Must Take Upon Themselves the Education of the Whole People” vii
4. Introduction. The Essential Questions Regarding a Federal Right to Education 1
5. Part I. Why the United States Should (or Should Not) Consider Recognizing a Federal Right to Education
6. 1. The Justifications for a Stronger Federal Response to Address Educational Inequalities 35
7. 2. The Inadequate Right to Education: A Case Study of Obstacles to State Protection 65
8. 3. Doctrine, Politics, and the Limits of a Federal Right to Education 84
9. 4. Latina/os and a Federal Right to Education 109
10. Part II. How the United States Could Recognize a Federal Right to Education
11. 5. Implying a Federal Constitutional Right to Education 135
12. 6. Education for Sovereign People 164
13. 7. A Congressional Right to Education: Promises, Pitfalls, and Politics 186
14. 8. No Time to Lose: Why the United States Needs an Education Amendment to the US Constitution 208
15. Part III. What a Federal Right to Education Should Guarantee
16. 9. Assuring Essential Educational Resources through a Federal Right to Education 235
17. 10. The Constitution of Opportunity: Democratic Equality, Economic Inequality, and the Right to Compete 261
18. 11. Lessons from State School Finance Inform a New Federal Right to Equal Access to a High- Quality Education 283
19. 12. Protecting a Federal Right to Educational Equality and Adequacy 303
20. Conclusion. An American Dream Deferred: A Federal Right to Education 327
21. Afterword 339
22. Acknowledgments 343
23. About the Editor 345
24. About the Contributors 347
25. Index 355