June 1985 Issue [Article] Why Johnny can’t think Download PDF Adjust Share The politics of bad schooling by Walter Karp, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 20th century Beatrice Gross Diane Ravitch Education Educational reports Ernest L. Boyer John H. Bunzel John I. Goodlad National Commission on Excellence in EducationA nation at risk: the imperative for educational reform (Report) Public schools Ronald Gross Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot Theodore R. Sizer United States More from Walter Karp The Revolution of the Youth In the last two years of his brief and stormy life, Robert Kennedy showed a remarkable ability to arouse extravagant political hopes. California grape-pickers came to look upon him as… All the congressmen’s men How Capitol Hill controls the press Uncle Miltie v. mass man Adjust Share