(Part 1 of 2) This is my recent conversation with Joshua Sheats of the popular financial planning site RadicalPersonalFinance.com. Josh is currently working through a series on education, and he invited me to discuss public school history, agendas, and solutions and alternatives.Our discussion includes:-the concept of Education as a public good on a national scale-the impact of the 14th Amendment-does school work? for whom?-the Calvinists vs. the Unitarians at Harvard-Prussian history, 'an army with country'-Horace Mann and the spread of the Prussian system-The Progressive reforms and John Dewey-tax-free foundations and industrialists -connections to modern schooling discourseCome see me at Keenevention, November 1stI'll be on media panel with Mark Edge, Chris Cantwell and Stephanie Murphy.
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