PREVIEW: What is Education For?

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English - November 23, 2020 18:01 - 10 minutes - 9.68 MB - ★★★★★ - 576 ratings
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Nathan, Pete and Sparky discuss the book Cult of Smart: How Our Broken Education System Perpetuates Social Injustice, and education more broadly. Should there be a curriculum? Should twelve-year-olds be allowed to drop out? Is it possible to have a radically democratic school? Is there such a thing as "intelligence"? What is "education" anyway? We answer all these questions and more.

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