Grade-Divided Schools: A Political History
First grade, second grade \u2014 schooling as we know it divides children and classes into grades according to age and ability. This hasn\u2019t always been the case, says Eli Meyerhoff. He links the advent of grade-divided schools in fourteenth-century Europe to a mindset and imaginary that fueled the emergence and development of capitalism.\nEli Meyerhoff, Beyond Education: Radical Studying for Another World University of Minnesota Press, 2019\nAbolition: A Journal of Insurgent Politics\nThe post Grade-Divided Schools: A Political History appeared first on KPFA.