The erosion of liberal education in canada’s kindergarten to grade 12 schools is no longer a matter for speculation — it is now undeniable Thirty years ago, peter emberley and waller newell’s bankrupt education (1994) offered a prophetic warning. Liberal education, once at the core of canadian schooling, has been pushed to the margins Bennett, edd, is a leading canadian policy researcher, education professor, and the author of ten books, including the state of the system A reality check on canada’s schools (2020). It all gave rise to a vigorous public debate over the role of history and civic education in fostering and sustaining a sense of shared community.
Widely known for producing three nationally recognized canadian history textbooks in the 1980s, he is an executive board member of the canadian association for the history of education and the author of saving history in canada’s schools. Our latest book, the state of the system Paul bennett over the previous decade. While citizenship education is “a priority on paper,” there’s a notable gap between the promise and the reality in today’s classrooms Student apathy, competing approaches, poorly prepared teachers, and fragmented social studies curricula jump out in that report.
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