Commentary
Somewhere around the mid-1960s the conventional conservative model of the English grammar school was finally over-turned by a new-age, liberal-progressive intellectual alliance of “progressive educators.”
This shift of power and influence to the left led to changes in education that have had enormous effects on the worldview and behavior of recent generations.
Traditional teachers passed on knowledge, skills, and virtues required to succeed in conventional society. That’s why so many parents trusted the education of their children to a traditional public school.
For close to a century, “traditional teachers” have been in retreat and “progressive educators” have been on the march. As a result, schools have become undisciplined mills of declining achievement and moral chaos….