Abstract
There is a widespread movement today to prepare all students for college, and it is promoted in the name of democracy. I argue here that such a move actually puts our democracy at risk by forcing students into programs that do not interest them and depriving them of courses at which they might succeed. We risk losing the vision of democracy that respects every form of honest work and cultivates a deep appreciation of interdependence.
Response to this Article
Diane Reay, Schooling for Democracy: A Common School and a Common University? A Response to “Schooling for Democracy”
Response to this Article
Ronald David Glass and Kysa Nygreen, Class, Race, and the Discourse of “College for All”: A Response to “Schooling for Democracy”
Recommended Citation
Noddings, N.
(2011).
Schooling for Democracy.
Democracy and Education,
19
(1), Article 1.
Available at:
https://democracyeducationjournal.org/home/vol19/iss1/1
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