First, it allows us to establish education as a basic human right, so that anyone with the motivation and the ability would have the opportunity to get the skills that they need to make a better life for themselves, their families and their communities.

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But in doing so they should not fool themselves about how effective the barriers will be, or--to the extent they do get in the way--how much better they will make life.

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