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begin with what seems to me to be an undeniable truth. Schooling is mostly official.It always has been. It
derives from the views and interests of our masters and mistresses:
politicians, inspectors, and advisors. These views and interests – corrupt in
the sense that they pretend to be about the interests of children and are
really about statistics – are filtered through and then further corrupted by
elements that have little to do with learning: the media and its need to influence people and the
politicians' need for votes.
Fred Sedgwick (2001) Teaching Literacy: A Creative Approach, 1.
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