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Illusions of Equality

According to performance psychologist Jim Taylor, we must give up our democratic pretensions and focus education reform on poor and disadvantaged schools.
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According to performance psychologist Jim Taylor, we must give up our democratic pretensions and focus education reform on poor and disadvantaged schools. “The euphemism public education reform is, at best, politically correct and attempts to convey the decidedly democratic message that all children should be treated equally. At worst, this inaccurate language is just plain harmful, causing it to divert us from the real purpose of education reform.”

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