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The Wisconsin idea,
Book • 1912
Wisconsin's approach is praised by Teddy Roosevelt in the introduction to the book.
The book is by Charles McCarthy.
It shows that the result has been the emergence of a deeply inequitable economy and a drastically divided political system.
It argues that public education was championed as a way to help citizens learn how to participate in a democracy.
It demonstrates that the political power of the education myth choked off powerful social democratic alternatives.
The book is by Charles McCarthy.
It shows that the result has been the emergence of a deeply inequitable economy and a drastically divided political system.
It argues that public education was championed as a way to help citizens learn how to participate in a democracy.
It demonstrates that the political power of the education myth choked off powerful social democratic alternatives.
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Mentioned when referencing Teddy Roosevelt's introduction to the book, praising Wisconsin's approach.
Jon Shelton, "The Education Myth: How Human Capital Trumped Social Democracy" (Cornell UP, 2023)
