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Morehouse professor tells State Board education must form 'the kind of person' as well as the worker
Summary
For Black History Month the board heard a virtual presentation from Dean Ilya Davis of Morehouse College arguing education should cultivate character, vocation and critical thinking, not only job training; board members responded with questions about social media, classical education and civic formation.
Dean Ilya (Ilya) Davis, director of freshmen and senior academic success at Morehouse College, delivered the State Board of Education’s Black History Month presentation on Feb. 11, urging a view of education that cultivates character, vocation and the capacity to disagree respectfully.
“Short version: the purpose of education is the cultivation of what it means to be a human being,” Davis said,…
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