Source: Law & Liberty
by Neal McCluskey
“Education is about giving children the skills and knowledge they will need to succeed in life — especially economically — and public education was created to ensure that all children can acquire such learning to the best of their ability, regardless of their parents’ desires or financial resources. That, at least, is likely the assumption of most Americans: public education is a ladder of upward mobility. Perhaps the assumption is wrong. Governments could have embraced mass elementary education for another primary reason, which might explain why public education has often been ineffective at providing skills and knowledge crucial for upward mobility. Indeed, rather than creating a ladder of opportunity, the aim of mass education has been to keep people passively in their place.” (03/12/25)
https://lawliberty.org/book-review/education-and-social-control/