American public schools

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

American public schools and their limitations, and how one educator from Alabama, Kevin Welch, is at war with developmental psychologists, discussed by Alistair Cooke.

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Fri 3 Jan 199221:00

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Fri 3 Jan 199221:00
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