(Part 1 of 2) This is my recent conversation with Joshua Sheats of the popular financial planning site RadicalPersonalFinance.com. Josh is currently working through a series on education, and he invited me to discuss public school history, agendas, and solutions and alternatives.

Our discussion includes:

-the concept of Education as a public good on a national scale

-the impact of the 14th Amendment

-does school work? for whom?

-the Calvinists vs. the Unitarians at Harvard

-Prussian history, 'an army with country'

-Horace Mann and the spread of the Prussian system

-The Progressive reforms and John Dewey

-tax-free foundations and industrialists

-connections to modern schooling discourse

Come see me at Keenevention, November 1st

I'll be on media panel with Mark Edge, Chris Cantwell and Stephanie Murphy.