Excellence: Can We be Equal and Excellent Too?In Excellence, Mr. Gardner discusses the strengths and failings of our educational system, our confusion over the idea of equality, and the nature of leadership in a free society. |
Contents
Introduction | 9 |
ONE The Decline of Hereditary Privilege | 15 |
TWO Individual Achievement versus Equality | 22 |
THREE The ThreeWay Contest | 31 |
FOUR Civil Rights | 37 |
SEVEN The Identification of Talent | 61 |
EIGHT Facts and Fancies about Talent | 69 |
ELEVEN College and the Alternatives | 95 |
TWELVE The Democratic Dilemma | 106 |
FOURTEEN Lifelong Learning and Growth | 123 |
SEVENTEEN The Aims of a Free People | 153 |
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