Machine generated contents note: CHAPTER ONE -- Introduction: The History and Current Status of the Debate over -- the Constitutional Right to Education i -- Federal Constitutional Jurisprudence i -- State Constitutional Jurisprudence 3 -- Professor Bitensky's Argument 5 -- Professor Maggs' Response II -- Analysis of the Exchange 2 --CHAPTER TWO -- Athenian Democratic Theory and Practice: The Foundation of -- Modern Democratic Theory and Practice I5 -- Introduction I5 -- What Is Democracy? 6 -- Athenian Democratic Theory I7 -- AthenianDemocratic Practice 8 --CHAPTER THREE -- The American Constitutional Commitment to -- Liberal Republican Democracy 21 -- Introduction 21 -- The Elements of Modern Democracy 21 -- The American Constitutional Founding 23 -- Two More Distinctions 25 -- The Constitutional Commitment to Liberal Republican Democracy 28 --CHAPTER FOUR -- Democracy and Education in the Thought of Jefferson and Madison 35 -- Introduction 35 -- The Bill for the Greater Diffusion of Knowledge 38 -- The Rockfish Gap Report 42 -- Conclusion 55 --CHAPTER FIVE -- Democracy and Education in Classical Athens 57 -- Introduction 57 -- Traditional Athenian Education 58 -- The Sophists 61 -- The Athenian Response to the Sophists 69 -- Conclusion 74 CHAPTER SIX -- Conclusion 75 -- The Rodriguez Decision 75 -- Professor Bitensky's Thesis 76 -- Democracy and Education 80 --Notes 89 --Bibliography I 2 I. |