Beyond College and Career Readiness: Education's Broader Purposes

Beyond College and Career Readiness: Education's Broader Purposes

This essay argues that emphasizing "college and career-readiness" as the major goal of public education is too narrow a purpose for education. College and career readiness, if pursued exclusively, may deprive students of the problem-solving skills they need to live well-adjusted, flourishi...

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Humanities Instruction
Individual Development
Liberal Arts
Problem Solving
Role of Education
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