From the Trenches of Public Ed.: Improving education vs. students' rights

Normally I find this blog (From the Trenches of Public Ed.) interesting and usually thought-provoking, but I have to say I disagree with the point of the following post (see link for entire article). Here's the part I take issue with:

"Education should not be considered a right. A "right" is something that government should not be able to take away from you, not something government is obligated to give you. As Philip K. Howard says, education is not a right, but a benefit provided by a democratic society. I believe that our democracy should provide education, but there are going to be a lot of places where we can't do it effectively as long as we look at it as a right."

Hmmm....What do you think of this?
From the Trenches of Public Ed.: Improving education vs. students' rights