Diverse, Noisy Democracy: The Author Responds

I have received a great many letters, e-mails, and even phone calls from readers expressing their views about last April's Kappan special section on Patriotism and Education. They have come from schoolteachers, veterans, professors, parents, embassy workers, politicians, and--in one case--a 12-year-old girl. I am heartened that the issue sparked precisely the kind of discussion and debate about null and schools that has been sorely lacking....