Introduction -- Why Do We Have Government Schooling? -- Reality Begs to Differ: Little Unity, Wrenching Conflict -- Why Think Public Schools Would Unify? -- The "Democracy" Problem -- American Values -- Is Freedom the Key to Unity and Equality? -- For Peace and Cohesion, We Need Educational Liberty.
Summary:
"American public schooling was intended to shape and unify democratic citizens, but by its nature it forces divisive conflict. And democracy is not the goal of American government; liberty is. The Fractured Schoolhouse posits that freedom in education is not only consistent with liberty but is better suited to produce unity than public schooling"-- Provided by publisher.
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