I'm just finishing up a study of Abraham Lincoln's life through Henry Ketcham's autobiography. Two posts about education in schools have me making some interesting connections between our battle today to reform education and the battle of Lincoln's time to conquer slavery.
Cevin Soling frames his perspective on education in clearly 'good vs evil' terms in his essay "Why Schools Must Be Abolished".
Seth Godin also unequivocally declares war on the current school system in his latest (and free) ebook entitled Stop Stealing Dreams. He addresses this topic from the perspective of our children's dreams and goals and how education has not but must foster them to fit the needs of our changing economy.
Both adamantly call for radical changes in how we view and do education, changes reminiscent of the call and efforts to abolish slavery.
What similarities and differences do you see between our challenge today and the challenge of Lincoln's generation?
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