In the history of education, the most striking phenomenon i… - Ted Sizer

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In the history of education, the most striking phenomenon is that schools of learning, which at one epoch are alive with a ferment of genius, in a succeeding generation exhibit merely pedantry and routine.

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Theodore R. Sizer (born 23 June 1932 in New Haven, CT - died 21 October 2009) was an American leader of educational reform and the founder of the Coalition of Essential Schools.

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Alternative Names: Theodore Ryland Sizer • Theodore R. Sizer • Theodore Sizer

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