MLK: Prescient on education reform
Martin Luther King Jr. addressed the issue of public education repeatedly. Here are some of his thoughts, and though they are from decades ago, some of this sounds like it could have been written today. I published this last January, but am doing so again, on the day a monument to King is being dedicated in Washington D.C., because it has special resonance today.
In the Morehouse College student newspaper, the Maroon Tiger, King wrote a piece, "The Purpose of Education, in January-February 1947 edition that included:
"...It seems to me that education has a two-fold function to perform in the life of man and in society: the one is utility and the other is culture. Education must enable a man to become more efficient, to achieve with increasing facility the legitimate goals of his life.
MLK quiz: His unorthodox education
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. had an unusual education. Test yourself on how much you know about it, and then read the answers, which include information that may surprise you about him. (This quiz is a version of one I ran on MLK Day in January.)
QUESTIONS:
1) King was kicked out of school at the age of 5. Why?
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