The Miseducation of the Masses (Part 3): The System is Born

In part 3 of our series on the education system in the United
States of America, we take a look at the continued influence of
Foundations - mainly the ones started and funded by the Carnegie
and Rockefeller.  We also discuss the Columbia Teachers
College and their project, the Lincoln Experimental School. 
Then we look at the effects of the Progressive Education
Associations "Eight-Year Study" and how it started the concept of
the segmented school curriculum.  And let's not forget the
power of uniform textbooks - and how Harold Rugg (through the
Columbia Teachers College) was so well funded that 5 million of his
textbooks were distributed nationwide.  Eventually, in 1952,
the Reece Committee started investigating Foundations and their
influence on public life.  When their report was published in
1954, it was summarily ignored.  Why was it ignored? Because,
a scathing indictment of the power of capitalists in the United
States and how they were (and are) warping the public education
system for their own benefit wasn't a report those capitalists
wanted anyone to know about.  Sound familiar? [Click to
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