Following the Supreme Court’s 2007 decision limiting race-conscious school integration plans, advocates and elected officials have argued about the next steps towards ensuring a quality education for every student. One possibility is to pursue a federal right to education. For thirty five years reformers have brought school funding lawsuits in state courts believing that the Supreme Court closed the door to a federal right to education in San Antonio v. Rodriguez. This article corrects that misunderstanding by demonstrating that Rodriguez, and subsequent developments such as the No Child Left Behind Act, make a federal right to education possible. The article provides the contours of a viable Fourteenth Amendment right to learn that is consistent with Rodriguez. Unlike some proponents, however, this article urges advocates not to pursue a federal right to education at this time. Federal courts have recently weakened constitutional protections in schools in a wide array of areas, including desegregation, funding, speech, and privacy. The article concludes that the lure of a federal right should not distract advocates from continuing to use state courts to ensure that community leaders provide the resources students and schools require.