William Hayes has been a high school social studies teacher, assistant principal, high school principal, superintendent of schools, adjunct professor, associate professor, and chairman of the Teacher Education Division at Roberts Wesleyan College in Rochester, NY. He is the father of three children and the grandfather of two.

The current climate of political influence on education has had a devastating impact on teaching the whole child. With increased focus and accountability on utilizing student assessment results in teacher evaluation, we have created a hostile environment were only the tested contents receive attention and others are set aside. Ironically, a movement that was meant to improve the education of our young people will have a devastating and lasting impact on the future of our country. Mr. Hayes is eloquent in the manner that he presents a framework to challenge our thinking on what is truly right for our students. This book stimulates reflection and real soul searching for today’s educator.

• INTRODUCTIONOrigins of the IdeaLiberal Arts in the Schools and Colleges in Early AmericaThe First Public Schools in AmericaThe Establishment of Vocational SchoolsThe Community CollegeThe Progressive Education MovementHistory Becomes the Social StudiesPhilosophy as a Component of a Liberal Arts EducationLatin and Other Foreign Languages in the Liberal Arts Tradition The Future of the Arts in Our Schools and CollegesThe Impact of Technology on the Liberal ArtsC.P. Snow and the “Two Cultures Debate”School Choice and the Liberal ArtsThe Growing Impact of the Federal GovernmentThe Common Core CurriculumPoverty and the Availability of an Equal Educational OpportunityA Liberal Arts Education for Special Education and Gifted and Talented StudentsThe Impact of Other ProgramsThe Liberal Arts in Our CollegesThe Future of the Liberal Arts

William Hayes has been a high school social studies teacher, assistant principal, high school principal, superintendent of schools, adjunct professor, associate professor, and chairman of the Teacher Education Division at Roberts Wesleyan College in Rochester, NY. He is the father of three children and the grandfather of two.

The current climate of political influence on education has had a devastating impact on teaching the whole child. With increased focus and accountability on utilizing student assessment results in teacher evaluation, we have created a hostile environment were only the tested contents receive attention and others are set aside. Ironically, a movement that was meant to improve the education of our young people will have a devastating and lasting impact on the future of our country. Mr. Hayes is eloquent in the manner that he presents a framework to challenge our thinking on what is truly right for our students. This book stimulates reflection and real soul searching for today’s educator.

• INTRODUCTIONOrigins of the IdeaLiberal Arts in the Schools and Colleges in Early AmericaThe First Public Schools in AmericaThe Establishment of Vocational SchoolsThe Community CollegeThe Progressive Education MovementHistory Becomes the Social StudiesPhilosophy as a Component of a Liberal Arts EducationLatin and Other Foreign Languages in the Liberal Arts Tradition The Future of the Arts in Our Schools and CollegesThe Impact of Technology on the Liberal ArtsC.P. Snow and the “Two Cultures Debate”School Choice and the Liberal ArtsThe Growing Impact of the Federal GovernmentThe Common Core CurriculumPoverty and the Availability of an Equal Educational OpportunityA Liberal Arts Education for Special Education and Gifted and Talented StudentsThe Impact of Other ProgramsThe Liberal Arts in Our CollegesThe Future of the Liberal Arts

William Hayes has been a high school social studies teacher, assistant principal, high school principal, superintendent of schools, adjunct professor, associate professor, and chairman of the Teacher Education Division at Roberts Wesleyan College in Rochester, NY. He is the father of three children and the grandfather of two.

The current climate of political influence on education has had a devastating impact on teaching the whole child. With increased focus and accountability on utilizing student assessment results in teacher evaluation, we have created a hostile environment were only the tested contents receive attention and others are set aside. Ironically, a movement that was meant to improve the education of our young people will have a devastating and lasting impact on the future of our country. Mr. Hayes is eloquent in the manner that he presents a framework to challenge our thinking on what is truly right for our students. This book stimulates reflection and real soul searching for today’s educator.

• INTRODUCTIONOrigins of the IdeaLiberal Arts in the Schools and Colleges in Early AmericaThe First Public Schools in AmericaThe Establishment of Vocational SchoolsThe Community CollegeThe Progressive Education MovementHistory Becomes the Social StudiesPhilosophy as a Component of a Liberal Arts EducationLatin and Other Foreign Languages in the Liberal Arts Tradition The Future of the Arts in Our Schools and CollegesThe Impact of Technology on the Liberal ArtsC.P. Snow and the “Two Cultures Debate”School Choice and the Liberal ArtsThe Growing Impact of the Federal GovernmentThe Common Core CurriculumPoverty and the Availability of an Equal Educational OpportunityA Liberal Arts Education for Special Education and Gifted and Talented StudentsThe Impact of Other ProgramsThe Liberal Arts in Our CollegesThe Future of the Liberal Arts