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The Case For A Collaborative Enforcement Model For A Federal Right To Education, Kimberly J. Robinson
The Case For A Collaborative Enforcement Model For A Federal Right To Education, Kimberly J. Robinson
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This Article proposes an innovative approach for directing the expanding federal role in education that will encourage states to address disparities in educational opportunities that prevent disadvantaged students from achieving their full potential. The proposed approach builds on the understanding reflected in NCLB that the federal government will remain critical in public education reform. This Article reexamines one avenue for federal involvement that the U.S. Supreme Court considered in several cases and that scholars have debated for more than thirty years: a federal right to education.
San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez explicitly offered the Supreme Court the opportunity …