The Editor’s Note: A republic of dunces?

Abstract

At a time when conspiracy theories and willful ignorance have flooded our politics and public life, it’s worth asking how our schools have wrestled with anti-intellectualism over the years. As Johann Neem and other contributors to this issue of Kappan explain, it has been a very long time since our policy makers and school system leaders shared a consensus on the merits of providing every child with a liberal education.