The Old School

Dr. Bourgeois and Mr. Miller talk of the importance and lack of good civics education and the repercussions that this dearth of instructions has on our democracy and what schools can do about it.

Many of the ideas that are discussed on this podcast can now be found in a handy, easy to carry book. Check out The Center Cannot Hold: A Critical Look at Contemporary Education exclusively on Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/Center-Cannot-Hold-Contemporary-Education/dp/1736530518/ref=sr_1_1?crid=6C3AW0PQL82Q&keywords=the+center+cannot+hold%3A+a+critical+look&qid=1673125515&sprefix=the+center+cannot+hold+a+critical+look%2Caps%2C129&sr=8-1

Musical credit: "Track 14" Steven Bourgeois from Out of the Darkness ©2004 All rights reserved

Show Notes

Dr. Bourgeois and Mr. Miller talk of the importance and lack of good civics education and the repercussions that this dearth of instructions has on our democracy and what schools can do about it.

Many of the ideas that are discussed on this podcast can now be found in a handy, easy to carry book. Check out The Center Cannot Hold: A Critical Look at Contemporary Education exclusively on Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/Center-Cannot-Hold-Contemporary-Education/dp/1736530518/ref=sr_1_1?crid=6C3AW0PQL82Q&keywords=the+center+cannot+hold%3A+a+critical+look&qid=1673125515&sprefix=the+center+cannot+hold+a+critical+look%2Caps%2C129&sr=8-1

Musical credit: "Track 14" Steven Bourgeois from Out of the Darkness ©2004 All rights reserved  

What is The Old School?

Dr. Steven Bourgeois and Mr. Ross Miller lead an informal discussion between a current and a former teacher on topics that challenge "best practices" in contemporary education. In keeping with Neil Postman (1979), we support the conserving function of education: “Its aim at all times is to make visible the prevailing biases of a culture and then, by employing whatever philosophies of education are available, to oppose them.”