Schooling for Democracy

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oai:democracyeducationjournal.org:home-1000There is a widespread movement today to prepare all students for college, and it is promoted in the name of democracy. I argue here that such a move actually puts our democracy at risk by forcing students into programs that do not interest them and depriving them of courses at which they might succeed. We risk losing the vision of democracy that respects every form of honest work and cultivates a deep appreciation of interdependence

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Last time updated on 30/10/2019

This paper was published in Democracy & Education (E-Journal).

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