“Myth and nostalgia hang like smog over American education and impair our vision of how to retain the best values of the common school while making them responsive to the needs of the 21st century. Was there ever a "Golden Age" of American Public Education?”
Dr. Gerald Leinwand, teacher, college president, author, thinks not.
In his book, Public Education (New York: Facts on File, 1992) Dr. Leinwand asserts that the problems of American public education grow out of the essential success of its mission, namely, to educate all the children of all the people."
• In the 21st Century what new methods of financing are needed to sustain this unique mission?
• In the 21st Century what new methods of school administration and organization are needed to sustain this mission?
• In the 21st Century what new methods of identifying and compensating schoolteachers and administrators are needed to sustain this mission.
• In the 21st Century is school choice an idea whose time has come?
The perennial problems in education over centuries have been: Who shall be educated? What shall be taught? Who shall teach? Dr. Leinwand is eager to explore these issues with interested groups. To inquire about speaking engagements, send e-mail to "info@gleinwand.com".
