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"Olly and Cynthia Trumblebuggins were the worst children you could ever hope to meet. You might think that you have some horrible children at your school, but in every way you can think of, and in every way that you can't, Olly and Cynthia were worse." Naughty children are seldom popular, and between them, the Trumblebuggins children have Crackpot Juniors screaming for mercy. When they are finally expelled, their father must figure out a plan to get them back to school or else face his wife's fury. He quickly enlists the help of his drinking buddy, Mr Catchratter: a dubious genius, whose...

We spend a lot of time arguing about how schools might be improved. But we rarely take a step back to ask what we as a society should be looking for from education--what exactly should those who make decisions be trying to achieve?

In Educational Goods, two philosophers and two social scientists address this very question. They begin by broadening the language for talking about educational policy: "educational goods" are the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that children develop for their own benefit and that of others; "childhood goods" are the valuable experiences and freedoms...

We spend a lot of time arguing about how schools might be improved. But we rarely take a step back to ask what we as a society should be looking for from education--what exactly should those who make decisions be trying to achieve?

In Educational Goods, two philosophers and two social scientists address this very question. They begin by broadening the language for talking about educational policy: "educational goods" are the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that children develop for their own benefit and that of others; "childhood goods" are the valuable experiences and freedoms...

Reproduced here in facsimile, this volume was originally published in 1955 and is available individually. The collection is also available in a number of themed mini-sets of between 5 and 13 volumes, or as a complete collection.