Today we live in the age of systematic surveys, and the evidences of our various educational failures have accumulated to the point at which documentation is futile. The widest range of difference exists with regard to the practical meaning of this evidence. Many professional Educationists welcome it as further proof of their contention that the traditional course of studies is unsuited to vast numbers of children in a system of mass education. Critics of the educational system argue that these findings simply show the need to return to higher standards and improve our educational morale. Concerning the central fact of educational failure there is relatively slight dispute; and the failure itself underlines one of the paradoxes of American life: that in a society so passionately intent upon education the yield of our educational system has been such a constant disappointment.
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