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Lessons from Privilege - The American Prep School Tradition (Paperback, New Ed)
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Lessons from Privilege - The American Prep School Tradition (Paperback, New Ed)
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Around 10,000 tax dollars will put a child through many public
schools for a year. About 10,000 private dollars will put him
through prep school. Why, then, is one system troubled and the
other thriving, one vilified and the other celebrated? In this
book, a renowned historian of education searches out the lessons
that private schooling might offer public education as cries for
school reform grow louder. Lessons from Privilege explores a
tradition shaped by experience and common sense, and guided by
principles that encourage community, personal relationships, and
high academic standards. These "basic" values make a profound
difference in a time when popular culture, which mocks intellectual
curiosity and celebrates mental passivity, competes so successfully
for students' attention. Arthur Powell uses the experience of
private education to put the whole schooling enterprise in fresh
perspective. He shows how the sense of schools as special
communities can help instill passion and commitment in teachers,
administrators, and students alike--and how passion and commitment
are absolutely necessary for educational success. The power of
economic resources, invested fully in schools, also becomes
pointedly clear here, as does the value of incentives for teachers
and students. Though the concerns this book brings into focus--for
decent character and academic literacy--may never be trendy or
easily applied, Lessons from Privilege presents sensible, powerful,
and profitable ideas for enhancing the humanity and dignity of
education in America.
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