In a book that fundamentally alters the terms of the current debate overeducation in America, Barber argues that rather than pursuing a debate definedby controversy over who should be taught, what should be taught, and how itshould be paid for, Americans must address education for what it is: thewell-spring of democracy in the United States. With such an education youngAmericans will gain nothing less than an apprenticeship in liberty--one groundedin...