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lindysalsagal

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12. Dewey: Democracy and Education.

Reply to meadowlander (Reply #7)

Tue Feb 6, 2018, 03:36 PM

Feb 2018

A representative government requires and informed electorate.

"Home-schooling" should be highly regulated, and extremely rare, reserved for very fragile students.

Otherwise, "home-schooling" is neglect.

https://www.amazon.com/Democracy-Education-John-Dewey/dp/1613822812/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_img_0?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=F40YS9WRYNFEA9TQ02NH

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