ABSTRACT
It has long been recognized that one of the most potent determinants of education is the political character of the state. This is an inevitable consequence of the fact that education is a social process in the sense that its primary function is the induction of the rising generation into the culture of the society of which they are members and in which they will live and gain a living. The school is created by society to impart to the young an understanding of all those aspects of its culture that ensure its preservation, stability, security, and solidarity. This means that the young must be taught the common language that makes mutual intercourse possible, the common traditions which have developed a consciousness of kind, and loyalty to common ideals that help to keep a community and a society as a coherent whole. Membership in a society requires that education reproduces the type as its first aim. As society progresses a second aim is added—education for growth beyond the type; that is, of the potential leaders of society’s varied activities.
