Education: the past, the present, the future
The following is a personal curriculum I am curating for myself to understand the current state of education. The aim is to build a foundation for how we got here, the current debates around further progress, and the potentials for the future. It is an ongoing product, so if you have suggestions please contact me.
Why Teach? by Mark Edmundson
Leaving Microsoft to Change the World
by John Wood
Tinkering Toward Utopia: A Century of Public School Reform
by David Tyack and Larry Cuban
Edspeak and Doubletalk: A Glossary to Decipher Hypocrisy and Save Public Schooling
by Diane Ravitch and Nancy E. Bailey
The Underground History of American Education
by John Taylor Gatto
The Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin
Education in a Time Between Worlds
by Zachary Stein
Schooling America: How the Public Schools Meet the Nation’s Changing Needs
by Patricia Aldjerg Graham
Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling
by John Taylor Gatto
