Ellwood Patterson Cubberley - Our schools are, in a sense, factories, in which the raw products (children

Our schools are, in a sense, factories, in which the raw products (children) are to be shaped and fashioned into products to meet the various demands of life. The specifications for manufacturing come from the demands of twentieth-century civilization, and it is the business of the school to build its pupils according to the specifications laid down.

- Ellwood Patterson Cubberley

source: Ellwood Patterson Cubberley (1916). “Public School Administration: A Statement of the Fundamental Principles Underlying the Organization and Administration of Public Education”

topic: Children, School, Civilization, Specifications, Schools And Education