The Crisis in the American High Schools.

The article reports on the crisis facing the high schools in the U.S. According to experts, there would be no crisis in American schools if education in America enjoyed the insulation and isolation from public interest and debate which it once enjoyed. The purpose of education, then, in America would seem to be education to get somewhere, education for useful production, and equally useful and stimulating consumption. This is the education of economic man, and it has long been central to America's philosophy of education.