The Public Purpose of Education and Schooling

John I. Goodlad and Timothy J. McMannon

These essays explore how important a public school system is to a civil society. Various authors shine lights on different aspects of formal education and why privatizing fixes to public problems just makes them worse. They argue for focusing on public schooling to build community equality and meaningful education to build informed citizens.

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