Quotation by

Ivan Illich

The public school has become the established church of secular society.

Society

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Ivan Illich is saying that public schools function like a dominant, unquestioned institution in modern secular life, similar to how a church once shaped religious society. This means schools impose a uniform set of beliefs and values on everyone, becoming the main authority for social norms outside of religion.

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