Brown v. Board of Education 387 U.S. 483 (1954) is one of the most significant equal protection cases in the history of the United States, as the Supreme Court explicitly determined that, in part, segregation interfered with the rights of all children to a quality education.

For this discussion, please read this case carefully and answer the following questions:

1. How did the Court formulate the right in question, and who was entitled to this right?
2. What mode(s) of interpretation did the Court use to come to their determination?
3. From what you have read in the course and elsewhere, how might you evaluate the Court's rationale? Does it make sense to you? Why or why not?
4. Think about who gets to go to which schools in your community. Is there evidence that the decision in Brown was successful to the extent that all children in your community have equal access to a quality education? Can you provide local examples?