Imperial Schooling

One of the original sins of imperial schooling is to ignore native talent.

Or, think of an old Western movie: “There’s a new sheriff in town.” Great, but how many sheriffs did it take before they found John Wayne? What happened to the last sheriff? And, most importantly, why does the town need a sheriff in the first place?

In westerns, the answer to this last question is usually that the townsfolk are a bunch of lawless lowlifes. Fortunately, this is not the way we answer the question in urban education.