U.S. K-12 Schools: Assumptions, Binaries, and Controversies

Harvard FAS

What if schools were for learning instead of education?You will be involved in education your whole life. As a taxpayer, voter, or parent, you will be connected with formal schooling. You will almost certainly be in the role of teacher at various points in your life, whether in a classroom, in another professional setting, or guiding someone in something you love to do. Leaders in any field are teachers and coaches--they develop the people around them to bring their full potential to some…