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Yes, that's School & State in the title, not Church & State. Richman pulled his oldest child out of public school and has since seen to all his children's home schooling, or, as he prefers to call it, unschooling. Here he sounds with new vigor the alarm for an old cause--divorcing education and political power. That cause maintains that public schools are coercively financed and administered, regard children as property of the state, undermine parental love and authority, and contradict the entrepreneurial spirit most conducive to economic and social freedom. Richman reargues these positions in the light of the present U.S. predicament, in the process providing, in two chapters worth the book's price, historical summaries of both the proponents and the opponents of public schooling from the late eighteenth century to the present. He concludes with criticism of such current proposed reforms as charter schools and vouchers and with envisioning the benefits of a free market in education and education without schools. This is educational polemics at their most bracing. Ray Olson
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"A dynamic new book on compulsory education." -- The Tropical Homeschooler
"A truly engaging book." -- The Michigan Review
"Mr. Richman traces the origins of government schools. The modern concept of compulsory, state-financed schooling arose in 18th-century Prussia. The primary goal was not to educate, but to turn children into pliant citizens who would revere the state.... I also think Mr. Richman is right to fear that state education undermines personal responsibility.... I recommend this book." -- Michael Prowse, London Financial Times 3/13/1995
"Mr. Richman's premise will be a troubling one for many, that state schooling doesn't work because it can't work. He is certainly right. Separating School & State makes it clear that even with the best of intentions, force and compulsion set processes in motion which mutilate family life, replace education with indoctrination, and bring the myth of Procrutes to life. The solutions proposed make such good sense, the 'official' reform crowd should hang its head in shame." -- John Taylor Gatto, New York Teacher of the Year, 1991, and author of Dumbing Us Down
If we needed more proof that government schools are in shambles and that privatization and parental choice are the solutions, this book makes a powerful contribution. It offers both insight and compassionate solutions. -- Walter E. Williams, John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics, George Mason University, and popular substitute host for Rush Limbaugh
"A truly engaging book." -- The Michigan Review
"Mr. Richman traces the origins of government schools. The modern concept of compulsory, state-financed schooling arose in 18th-century Prussia. The primary goal was not to educate, but to turn children into pliant citizens who would revere the state.... I also think Mr. Richman is right to fear that state education undermines personal responsibility.... I recommend this book." -- Michael Prowse, London Financial Times 3/13/1995
"Mr. Richman's premise will be a troubling one for many, that state schooling doesn't work because it can't work. He is certainly right. Separating School & State makes it clear that even with the best of intentions, force and compulsion set processes in motion which mutilate family life, replace education with indoctrination, and bring the myth of Procrutes to life. The solutions proposed make such good sense, the 'official' reform crowd should hang its head in shame." -- John Taylor Gatto, New York Teacher of the Year, 1991, and author of Dumbing Us Down
If we needed more proof that government schools are in shambles and that privatization and parental choice are the solutions, this book makes a powerful contribution. It offers both insight and compassionate solutions. -- Walter E. Williams, John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics, George Mason University, and popular substitute host for Rush Limbaugh
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New York, United States, John Holt, Richard Mitchell, Joel Spring, Auberon Herbert, Herbert Spencer, John Taylor Gatto, John Dewey, Ayn Rand, Cato Institute, Dumbing Us Down, Harvard University Press, Open Court, Wilhelm von Humboldt, New American Library, Patrick Welsh, The Eclectic Review, The Washington Post New!
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New York, United States, John Holt, Richard Mitchell, Joel Spring, Auberon Herbert, Herbert Spencer, John Taylor Gatto, John Dewey, Ayn Rand, Cato Institute, Dumbing Us Down, Harvard University Press, Open Court, Wilhelm von Humboldt, New American Library, Patrick Welsh, The Eclectic Review, The Washington Post New!
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- Homeschooling in Oregon: The 1998 Handbook by Ann Lahrson-Fisher on page 100, and Index
- Can Teachers Own Their Own Schools? New Strategies of Educational Excellence by Richard K. Vedder in Back Matter
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