Download or read book Education and the Cult of Efficiency written by Raymond E. Callahan and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2010-11-16 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raymond Callahan's lively study exposes the alarming lengths to which school administrators went, particularly in the period from 1910 to 1930, in sacrificing educational goals to the demands of business procedures. He suggests that even today the question still asked is: "How can we operate our schools?" Society has not yet learned to ask: "How can we provide an excellent education for our children?"