Rodriguez 1973).[7] The Constitution’s silence regarding education, and lack of a national constitutional right to education, makes the U.S. exceptional in a troubling way, setting it apart from most modern constitutional democracies.[8] And while it is critical that nearly all US state constitutions include some provision or right to education, the language and implementation of these state rights varies considerably, and thus far none of the state constitutions have been judicially… [read post]