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The Real Origins of Public Education
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February 18, 2025
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1:02:55Now PlayingWhy do governments educate their citizens? More than 200 years ago, Western regimes shifted the responsibility of education from the family to the state. The political scientist Agustina Paglayan argues that this transition happened not in pursuit of democratic ideals, but in the interest of social control.
Further reading:
Raised to ObeyThe Rise and Spread of Mass Education () , by Agustina Paglayan
“How Reconstruction Created American Public Education () ," by Adam Harris
“Was Weber Wrong? A Human Capital Theory of Protestant Economic History () ,” by Sascha O. Becker Ludger Woessmann
“Understanding Education Policy PreferencesSurvey Experiments with Policymakers in 35 Developing Countries () ,” by Lee Crawfurd, et al.
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