Joel Westheimer asks the deep questions and provides the important facts in What Kind of Citizen?: Educating Our Children for the Common Good. How should education in a democracy differ from that in other systems? What are the wider effects of standardized education? What kind of citizen do we want our schools to promote? You can also find Joel on Twitter.
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A study from Princeton clearly shows that the USA is not a democracy, but what should we be doing in our schools to promote democracy?
Basic skills include knowing that ALL the kids can't be above average!
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