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Publication Date: 2001
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Nurturing the Life of the Mind: If Schools Don't Value Intellect, Who Will?
Vail, Kathleen
American School Board Journal, v188 n1 p19-23 Jan 2001
If schools were strongholds of intellect, the most academically able would be stars. Gifted kids often have trouble with school; academically uninterested kids enjoy cult-hero status; and the humanities are undervalued. Schools' purpose has been to train future employees and consumers, not create intellectual citizens. (MLH)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academically Gifted, Anti Intellectualism, Education Work Relationship, Elementary Secondary Education, Humanities, Intellectual Development, Public Schools, Role of Education, School Responsibility, Social Influences, Teacher Expectations of Students, Teacher Role, Training, Underachievement, Values
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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