The Sick History of Public Education
Wait, so, you&#x27;re going to start with Prussia&#x27;s rather, shall we say, statist education system, and completely ignore Britain&#x27;s similar industrial age education system? Why focus on Prussia, not Britain?<p>Did Prussia really influence US education philosophy more than Britain did? I find that a bit hard to believe.<p>Love this &quot;source&quot; in this paragraph:<p>&gt; It should be noted that prior to the Civil War, the large majority of Americans were not slaves, indentured servants, nor employees of other people.<p>The source being a link to a 372 page scanned PDF. No page numbers for that reference. Just a thoroughly unsearchable and massively long PDF. Nice reference bro.<p>&gt;  The thread of school being used for ulterior motives runs right up to the present day. In 1967, a book...<p>Today I learned that 54 years ago is &quot;present day&quot; when discussing education.<p>Why do I feel like the author had a really bad time at high school?