Category: Social Programs

What Kids Miss When They Go Without School

by David Labaree, posted in Inequality, Schooling, Social Programs

This is an op-ed I published in the New York Daily News on Friday.  It’s on the things we miss about schools when they close – a reminder about the nonacademic functions of school that are closer to our hearts than its academic functions. What Kids Miss When They Go Without School David F. Labaree … Continue reading What Kids Miss When They Go Without School

What Schools Can’t Do: Understanding the Chronic Failure of American School Reform

by David Labaree, posted in Education policy, History of education, School reform, Social Programs

This post is the text of a lecture I gave in 2009 at the University of Berne.  It was originally published in the Swiss journal Zeitschrift für Pädagogische Historiographie and then found its way into my 2010 book, Someone Has to Fail.  Here is the link to the first published version. It's about a longstanding … Continue reading What Schools Can’t Do: Understanding the Chronic Failure of American School Reform