Most American elementary schools and high schools, and nearly all colleges and universities, teach everything that is significant from a liberal/Left perspective.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Any education that matters is liberal. All the saving truths, all the healing graces that distinguish a good education from a bad one or a full education from a half empty one are contained in that word.
A liberal education is at the heart of a civil society, and at the heart of a liberal education is the act of teaching.
Liberals tend to stress how marvelous education is, in and of itself, and also adore it as a vessel for genuine equality. (That's me, by the way: Hell, I think we should be spending $50 billion a year to make college education free).
Liberals spend a whole lot of time trying to convince us they love teachers, but dig even skin deep into the matter, and it becomes evident that liberals hate teachers.
I do think that a general liberal arts education is very important, particularly in an uncertain changing world.
Most teachers still say they love teaching though they wouldn't mind a little more respect for their challenging work and a little less blame for America's educational shortcomings.
Our experience at Teach For America has been that the more people understand educational inequity, the more they want to do something about it.
I think the way to understand Teach for America is as a leadership development program.
It can be tough to find areas where Left and Right can agree. Consider the well-being of children: Americans often disagree about how to raise kids, how to educate them, even what to feed them.
Education can give you a skill, but a liberal education can give you dignity.
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