Has Public Schooling Failed America?
Clearly, widespread public schooling has not prevented the decay of social cohesion and democratic norms. Could public schools have prevented the disgraceful, riotous attack on the U.S. Capitol? The question seems crazy. The mob, or at least a sizeable portion of it, was outraged and apparently convinced that our system of government had gone off the rails. That it had cheated them. How could public schools have done anything to stop that? It would, of course, be wildly unfair to blame public schooling for the breakdown of social cohesion and civic norms we saw on display at the Capitol. Exc...
Source: nationalinterest.org