Educational Rights Quotes
There are still some extreme conservatives who hold this view. To them and Mises, public education should not be allowed, much less required.
In 1897 one of the most contentious political issues in America was that of “free silver”—allowing silver to back American currency as well as gold. The country’s economy could not grow because more currency could not be issued for want of gold to back it. Meanwhile, the U. S. had a great deal of silver. William Jennings Bryant {640992} and the Democrats {591769} advocated free silver, and the Republicans fought to maintain the gold standard. The president of the very conservative Brown University advocated free silver to the shock of the trustees. They sent Andrews a letter asking him not to speak publicly on the subject as it would jeopardize donations and endowments. Andrews resigned. The incident caused a national furor about academic freedom with the public and most of the alumni siding with Andrews. He rescinded his resignation but was pushed out the following year. Later, the trustees named a building after him.
The Constitution, incredibly enough, never even mentioned education. But at one of the earliest opportunities available to Congress, it made this statement, the first on education by the United States government.
This is one of the earliest statements in favor of government involvement in education. In a sense, it is this quotation that is fundamental to the concepts of public education and to government regulation of education.
Ironically, as important as education was to the early Americans, the words “education” and “school” never appeared in the Constitution nor is education even alluded to.
Refers to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex in any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance
