WHEN DEPRIVATION OF ACCESS TO LITERACY INFRINGES ON INDIGENT PARENTS' RIGHT TO DIRECT THE EDUCATION OF THEIR CHILDREN.

The article focuses on the constitutionality of states mandating school attendance yet failing to provide education that results in students being literate in the U.S. It mentions about Equal Protection Clause and low-income parents' right to direct the education of their children. It also mentions that states that compel education, yet have inadequate schools that deprive children of access to literacy, violate indigent parents' equal protection rights.