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Peden, Joseph R. – 1977
This paper traces the ideology (assertions, theories, and aims) of public schooling from Plato through the first Prussian state school system under Bismarck, through Adam Smith and John Stuart Mill. It contends that public schooling contradicts and works to destroy the United States' libertarian traditions of freedom and self-rule. Though not…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Comparative Education, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Attitudes
