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Politicians are often drawn naturally to command-and-control approaches. For all the rhetoric of promoting individual fulfillment and the public good, there is a well-documented history in education of social control, conformity, and mass compliance. In some respects, mass education is, and always was, a process of social engineering. Sometimes the political intentions have been benign and sometimes not.

Quote ID: 02462

Author

Sir Ken Robinson

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Creative Schools

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