is education a right or a privilage

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  1. Pnoy

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    I got this final exam speech and the topic is

    education...a right not a privilage....
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    education a privilage not a right..

    then i gotta have reasons why.....
    need a litle help from you guys..
     
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    google is your friend, do a little homework, and you will get a good grade, good luck
     
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    thanks alot....really helpful there....just needed some opinions but okay...i guess that counts....
     
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    this is how many hits i got on this question education, a right not a privilage 1 - 10 of about 5,340,000, so how many more do you need? also they are asking you to put it in your words right? so do it!
     
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  5. gerry1

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    Well, I'm afraid I can't give you any specifics but I think the US Supreme court said it wasn't a right. It had something to do with a lawsuit by a family who lived rather far away from the school and the school district didn't want to shoulder the cost or spend the time on the daily trek. It went all the way to the supreme court which decided that since education is not a "right" under the law, the school district was not obligated to pick up the student as education is not a right guaranteed by the constitution. This was about twenty years ago. I'm afraid you're on your own getting the specifics but it was a rather famous case.
     
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    "The right to an education is not guaranteed, either explicitly or implicitly, by the Constitution, and therefore could not constitute a fundamental right." U.S. District Judge Michael P. McCuskey Decatur Illinois School Board Ruling, January 11, 2000.

    The 10th Amendment to the Constitution states: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the State, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." Since the word "education" does not appear in the Constitution, education is a "state right."

    As a result, a "states' rights" educational system is structured to be "separate and unequal" - 50 states, 3,067 counties, tens of thousands of cities, 15,000 school districts, and 85,000 schools - all "separate and unequal," each with varying degrees of opportunity, funding and quality. There's ONLY ONE WAY to legally guarantee "a public education of equal high quality" to every American - add an education amendment to the Constitution!

    my 2-cents


    The right to education

    Commission on Human Rights resolution 2003/19
    http://www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/(Symbol)/E.CN.4.RES.2003.19.En?Opendocument


    Education in the United States
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_the_United_States
     
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