So-called progressives have been in charge of our public schools for a hundred years. We have had a perpetual decline in those public schools. What conclusion can you draw?
The traditional view is simply stated: the purpose of public education is to take each child as far as each child can be taken. Who can disagree with that?
If a school is aiming for less, that school would seem to me to be guilty of malpractice or false advertising. Doesn’t the word “education” imply a striving for excellence? At the end of each school year, children are presumed to know more than at the start. Isn’t that a reasonable presumption?
Somewhat bizarrely, given what’s going on in our public schools, the Education Establishment might claim they agree. Oh yes, of course, that’s exactly what we want to do.