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they refuse to do so. The right answer would be to

and 200 high school principals.) Then why do we

we totally miss the point about education.

the important questions don’t have answers

and when it does come up it usually needn’t

so it is clear that algebra is meaningless for adult life. Any college

made a career of making lists of stuff every kid should know.

an English professor at the University of

said the panel “buys the notion from cognitive science

a former president of the University of Texas at

however. It is well established that everyone must

of course. Except that obviously is not what is going

surely were voting for their own special interests. The

or maybe senators. Now I realize this is a radical point of

and Articles of Confederation. Less than

and the Pursuit of Happiness.” Students were given

“We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men

former Secretary of Education (under George

would that mean that they could think clearly and

who pursued a policy of never offending the