I have long felt that there is a connection between education and democracy and it may be because I am the product of an educational system that viewed the process of democratic involvement as one of its central objects. Now there is a book by a group of Canadian authors who argue that the connection between education and democracy is under threat from reforms in advanced learning. This article, a review of that book, elucidates the idea that democracy - and education is becoming "'classical, participatory, public, and critical' instead of the 'contemporary, representative, privatized, and managed'." See, this is where I think critics like David Noble resonate... by privatizing education you separate education from the values that underlie education, a strong and participatory democracy being one of the most fundamental of these values. You'll need to register to read this article.
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