Peshe Kuriloff: Memo to DeSantis: All education is indoctrination. - NBCNewsTHINK
that the purpose of public education has always been to indoctrinate students into the social and governmental philosophy American society needs them to carry on. Chomsky describes traditional education as a means to instill obedience and conformity in young people.
The ideals of liberal education in the post-internet world, especially, speak to helping children locate trustworthy information about the world and teaching them to use that information to draw their own conclusions. But the information chosen, whether, for example, it reveals the nation’s flaws along with its accomplishments, inevitably reflects differing assumptions about what children need to know in order to become productive contributors to our society.
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