I came across an excerpt from the Brown v. Board of Education ruling that we should all remember when budget cutting is in the air. It follows. "Today, education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments. Compulsory school attendance laws and the great expenditures for education both demonstrate our recognition of the importance of education to our democratic society. It is required in the performance of our most basic public responsibilities, even service in the armed forces. It is the very foundation of good citizenship. Today it is a principal instrument in awakening the child to cultural values, in preparing him for later professional training, and in helping him to adjust normally to his environment".
(Source: A Renegade History of the United States by Thaddeus Russell. Free Press edition. Page 314).
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