[Ohiogift] Elitism

[Craig Kathryn]

Good Morning, Will!

I certainly appreciate the quote quote you shared, today!
Spot on, in my world!

Kathy

Kathryn E. Craig
Gifted Intervention Specialist
Roxboro Elementary School
Cleveland Heights-University Heights City School District
216.371.7115, ext. 54445
k_craig at chuh.org
 Mission: Our schools provide a challenging and engaging education to prepare all our students to become responsible citizens and succeed in college and career.
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Bertrand Russell, after his first disastrous experiment in organizing a school, observed that the first task of education is to destroy the tyranny of the local and immediate over the child’s imagination.

“Elitism” is making the best form of education available to only a few. The democratic ideal of education is to make the best form of education available to all. The democratic ideal is not achieved, and elitism is not defeated, by making the best form of education available to almost nobody.


Kieran Egan, “Social Studies and the Erosion of Education” (excerpts)
Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC
Children’s Minds, Talking Rabbits & Clockwork Oranges
Teachers College Press, 1999, pp. 131-146


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Will Fitzhugh
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