Education institutions are fundamentally political. They mold political values, shape inequality, create opportunities for patronage through teaching jobs, and can even be used for political surveilla...

Raised to Obey: The Rise and Spread of Mass Education (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World)

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The modern education system around the world continues to bear the imprint of mass education’s original goal: obedience.

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We tend to think of public education as a ladder of opportunity—a system that ensures that no matter a child’s economic circumstances, they will get the knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in…

Agustina Paglayan discusses her book, Raised to Obey: The rise and spread of Mass Education (Princeton University Press).

How the expansion of primary education in the West emerged not from democratic ideals but from the state’s desire to control its citizens

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Schools weren’t meant to set you free, one political scientist argues.

Schools weren’t meant to set you free, one political scientist argues.

How the expansion of primary education in the West emerged not from democratic ideals but from the state’s desire to control its citizens

How the expansion of primary education in the West emerged not from democratic ideals but from the state’s desire to control its citizens

How the expansion of primary education in the West emerged not from democratic ideals but from the state’s desire to control its citizens