San Antonio V. Rodriguez and the Pursuit of Equal Education: The Debate Over Discrimination and School Funding

by Paul A. Sracic

Book Overview

When Arthur Gochman filed a class-action suit in 1968 on behalf of San Antonio school children, he and his clients were directly challenging the inequality of education funding in Texas. They argued that quality education, not merely basic schooling, was a constitutional right, and a district court agreed. But the Supreme Court overruled that decision, signaling a halt to the idea that the Constitution contained a right to an equal education and marking...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700614842
• ISBN13: 9780700614844
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.5"