Uploaded January 2023 | Updated September 2026, 11 hours ago

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This is the introduction to my video series, The Ivory Tower, which will focus on the American education system, particularly academia. This video will ask the question, what is education for? What is it doing right now, and what do we want it to do?

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Selected Sources:
bostonreview.net/forum/danielle-allen-what-is-education-for
currentaffairs.org/2018/08/what-is-education-for
www2.ed.gov/about/overview/fed/role.html
npr.org/sections/ed/2018/04/29/604986823/what-a-nation-at-risk-got-wrong-and-right-about-u-s-schools
businessinsider.com/teacher-salary-in-every-state-2018-4#method-and-data-source-52
edweek.org/policy-politics/no-child-left-behind-an-overview/2015/04
thedailybeast.com/betsy-devos-and-the-gops-plan-to-destroy-public-schools