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Education

elleng

(136,080 posts) Fri Dec 14, 2012, 12:49 AM Dec 2012

In Ignorance We Trust.

But history, the formal teaching and telling of it, has never been more troubled. Two forces, one driven by bottom-line educators answering to corporate demands to phase out the liberal arts, the other coming from the circular firing squad of academics who loathe popular histories, have done much to marginalize our shared narratives.

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/13/egan-in-ignorance-we-trust/?hp

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In Ignorance We Trust. (Original Post) elleng Dec 2012 OP

Paywall? defacto7 Dec 2012 #1

defacto7

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1. Paywall?

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Fri Dec 14, 2012, 12:58 AM

Dec 2012

I would like to read it. 'Sounds interesting. Present day education is one of my interests.

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