Progressive school reforms failed because their goals contradict under corporate capitalism

Evidence

In short, decent respect for liberal theory demands it be critiqued on theoretical grounds as well as in terms of the social outcomes it predicts, and, preferably, with an alternative in mind. This will be our goal. While detailed presentation of our alternative will await Chapters 4 and 5, our argument may be summarized simply enough here: the failure of progres­ sive educational reforms stems from the contradictory nature of the objec­ tives of its integrative, egalitarian and developmental functions in a society whose economic life is governed by the institutions of corporate capitalism. — Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis, Schooling in Capitalist America, 547

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Student radicalism stemmed from colleges failing to keep their career promises — Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis, Schooling in Capitalist America:…, 1758; Ignorant workers make more productive industrial laborers than thoughtful ones — Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis, Schooling in Capitalist America:…, 542; Capitalism, not technology, limits what schools can reform. — Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis, Schooling in Capitalist America:…, 289 (+3 more)