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  • ARE PUBLIC SCHOOLS CONSTITUTIONAL?

    01/21/2003 2:14:34 PM PST · by hsmomx3 · 143 replies · 3,453+ views
    NewsWithViews ^ | 1/20/03 | Lynn M. Stuter
    As the war over education reform -- Goals 2000, school-to-work, and "outcome-based education" -- rages on, the time is more than ripe to ask ourselves, "Are public schools constitutional?" Looking at the United States Constitution, no provision is made for education, but the Constitution does instruct that ... "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." (Tenth Amendment) In other words, education is reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. Why, then, do we have a cabinet level...