Even progressive educators preserved top-down control over children.

Evidence

The most striking testimonial to the hegemony of the social-control ideology is perhaps its clear primacy even among those who opposed such obvious manifestations of the authoritarian classroom as corporal pun­ ishment and teacher-centered discussion. The most progressive of progres­ sive educators have shared the common commitment to maintaining ultimate top-down control over the child’s activities. … The goal has been to enhance student moti­ vation while withholding effective participation in the setting of priorities. — Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis, Schooling in Capitalist America, 489

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes Gramsci/Hall themes about apparent reform that never transfers actual authority — consistent with the reader’s critical-theory collection. — connects to: Educators recast children as noble savages yet still required regimentation — Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis, Schooling in Capitalist America:…, 487; Progressive change is resisted when it unsettles classroom authority and safe harmony — bell hooks, Teaching to Transgress: Education as…, 73; The free-school failure revived the question whether most people can use freedom well — Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis, Schooling in Capitalist America:…, 198 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Progressive change is resisted when it unsettles classroom authority and safe harmony #corroborates (0.85) — bell hooks, Teaching to Transgress, 73
• Educators recast children as noble savages yet still required regimentation #exemplifies (0.82) — Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis, Schooling in Capitalist America, 487
• The free-school failure revived the question whether most people can use freedom well #expands (0.75) — Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis, Schooling in Capitalist America, 198
• Corporate capitalism’s rise shaped the Progressive Movement in American schooling #expands (0.72) — Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis, Schooling in Capitalist America, 654