Education in Chicago: Mr. Secretary: Quo Vadis?

Source: huffingtonpost. Posted By: jim R...5936 days ago

In 1959, Jacques Barzun, the most perceptive 20th-century observer of American schooling, declared in The House of Intellect that to change any part of our pedagogy, "more will than we have ever used about 'education' is needed to make the least of our hopes into a deed."

Why is it so difficult to change the smallest feature of our schools? Because, in Barzun's words,

The schools are as fully the product of our politics, business, and public opinion as these are the products of our schools.....

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