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The Mess in Education and Who Is Responsible
An extended critique argues that modern schooling corrupts youth by prioritizing “the Good Time,” athletics, and vocational courses over reading, writing, and reasoning. It decries student-centered lessons, proposes reviving liberal education, warns against a paramilitary school culture, and urges a nationwide shift toward minds liberated from comforting delusions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison High School
Rochester
N.Y
California
Maryland
New York State
John Dewey
John Erskine
Robert M. Hutchins
Mortimer Adler
Mark van Doren
Aristotle
T.S. Eliot