Who Can Be Educated?

A pioneer in public education, the U.S. has followed a model of separatism, largely determined by class and race, and supported by a supposedly scientific theory of intelligence. Some children receive a first-class, although often a stultifying education. The majority are consigned to programs of mediocrity. Dr. Schwebel proposes change: the societal, psychological, educational, and many of the biological factors that determine educability are almost entirely controllable by society.