ASK YOURSELF THIS QUESTION: HAD YOU LIVED IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY, ANTEBELLUM AMERICA, WOULD YOU HAVE SUPPORTED 1) THE CONTINUATION OF SLAVERY; 2) THE GRADUAL ABOLITION OF SLAVERY OVER THE COURSE OF DECADES; OR 3) THE IMMEDIATE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY? SAME QUESTION APPLIES TO AMERICA’S GOVERNMENT SCHOOL SYSTEM.  Education.