Website: http://www.charleshamiltonhouston.org/2013/04/advanced-leadership-initiative-think-tank-is-education-a-civil-right/

On the 40th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision that education is not a right guaranteed by the Constitution, the United States faces the economic and social consequences of its failure to ensure educational opportunity for all. Education is widely considered an underpinning for social mobility, a means for narrowing income inequality gaps, and the basis for economic growth and competitiveness. Since children and students of color suffer disproportionately, some have called education "the civil rights issue of our times." During our part of the Advanced Leadership Initiative's Think Tank, we will explore some innovative programs and policies that promise to increase opportunity and open doors for previously excluded and/or underserved students.