What’s Worth Knowing?
The question raised in the title above is much on the minds of contemporary educators. The American system of education has come under attack from many quarters because it is claimed that what is taught — the knowledge dispensed — is not worth knowing. It is completely irrelevant. I called attention to such a critic, William Ewald, some lime ago. Ewald claimed that students in today’s educational institutions are being educated for the 1940’s and 50’s and not for the 1970’s. Education is about...