But, alas, the dominant outlook in American public education is militantly egalitarian and thus unable to permit any suggestion of intrinsic difference. Mr. deBoer defends public schools and education-related welfare programs on moral rather than utilitarian grounds. The author bears a special hatred for charter schools, but his attacks do him no credit. You would think from Mr. deBoer’s account that only he has the courage to say such a thing. Mr. deBoer rightly criticizes an education system that condemns the academically indifferent to second-rate status.

Source: Wall Street Journal August 18, 2020 23:03 UTC