The importance of basic academic skills … and much, much more | Dangerously Irrelevant

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Scott McLeod shares interesting survey results showing the diverse set of goals Americans expect from their public schools. Above all else, my vision for public schools is that of supporting a democracy, and the subplots of that mission tend to address various citizenship, social, and economic purposes. Basic skills are part of that, but I wouldn't have ranked them most important.