Fairness

Isn't it time we ended the school-to-prison pipeline?

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Our historic commitment to a democratic way of life depends upon a strong and fair public school system. Public education is, after all, the only institution that reaches 90% of every generation, is governed by public authority, and was founded with the explicit mission of preparing people to be active and responsible contributors to the common good.

However, inequities in our public school system abound, a full 55 years after the U.S. Supreme Court thought it had declared an end to "separate but equal" schooling in America.

We can do better.

In order to "form a more perfect Union," we must ensure that every child receives the same opportunity to a high-quality public education. But how?

After so many years and so little real change, something new – perhaps even something drastic – needs to be done.

What if we took away the legal ambiguity that past Supreme Court decisions have provided? What if we made, as our nation's 28th Constitutional Amendment, the guarantee of an equal opportunity to learn? Is that the game-changer we need to make the promise of Brown a reality, 55 years later? Or is there a better, less drastic alternative policymakers should consider?

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