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The current school system churns out millions of illiterates and mental zombies—but here's how we're going to fix it, starting today.
Coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, parents across the nation grapple with a new and horrifying understanding of just how bad our educational system has become. It all adds up to a system that seems hopelessly, terribly, and irrevocably broken. But as an educator and author, Andrew Bernstein reminds us that American education in the nineteenth through early-twentieth century was superb. This nation once knew how to turn out the brightest, most resourceful and independent-thinking people the world had ever seen. We can do it again.
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About Andrew Bernstein
Andrew Bernstein is the founder of ActivInsight, a process
that is rapidly changing the way individuals and organizations around the world
understand stress and resilience. His clients include Johnson & Johnson,
MTV Networks, WPP, Merrill Lynch, Coca-Cola, Genentech, Goldman Sachs, 20th
Century Fox, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, and Wachovia, as well as nonprofits
like Phoenix House and City Year. Bernstein teaches in the Executive Education
division at the Wharton School. He graduated from Johns Hopkins University and
lives in New York City.
About Christopher Grove
Christopher Grove is an actor, writer, and audiobook narrator. His narrations include Eye of the Storm, The Quantum Enigma, and the Right Kind of Crazy.