A.S. Paglayan
@aspaglayan.bsky.social
Prof. Paglayan at UCSanDiego; Non-Resident Fellow at CGDev.
Author of "Raised to Obey: The Rise and Spread of Mass Education."
I write and teach about politics and education.
https://www.amazon.com/Raised-Obey-Education-Princeton-Economic/dp/069126127X/
Author of "Raised to Obey: The Rise and Spread of Mass Education."
I write and teach about politics and education.
https://www.amazon.com/Raised-Obey-Education-Princeton-Economic/dp/069126127X/
At #APSA2025? Join me Thursday at 10am at the Author Meets Critics theme panel on "Raised to Obey" (@princetonupress.bsky.social)
w/ Beatriz Magaloni, Pablo Beramendi & @owasow.bsky.social
We'll discuss state-building, democracy, civil war, academic freedom, and more, and have ample time for Q&A!
w/ Beatriz Magaloni, Pablo Beramendi & @owasow.bsky.social
We'll discuss state-building, democracy, civil war, academic freedom, and more, and have ample time for Q&A!
September 11, 2025 at 6:46 AM
At #APSA2025? Join me Thursday at 10am at the Author Meets Critics theme panel on "Raised to Obey" (@princetonupress.bsky.social)
w/ Beatriz Magaloni, Pablo Beramendi & @owasow.bsky.social
We'll discuss state-building, democracy, civil war, academic freedom, and more, and have ample time for Q&A!
w/ Beatriz Magaloni, Pablo Beramendi & @owasow.bsky.social
We'll discuss state-building, democracy, civil war, academic freedom, and more, and have ample time for Q&A!
Blast from the past!
Do you know where else we've seen politicians talk about "bloodthirsty" criminals? In 19th century arguments for deploying schooling to indoctrinate the "bloodthirsty" masses.
I show this in "Raised to Obey" (@princetonupress.bsky.social)
Link: www.amazon.com/Raised-Obey-...
Do you know where else we've seen politicians talk about "bloodthirsty" criminals? In 19th century arguments for deploying schooling to indoctrinate the "bloodthirsty" masses.
I show this in "Raised to Obey" (@princetonupress.bsky.social)
Link: www.amazon.com/Raised-Obey-...
August 12, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Blast from the past!
Do you know where else we've seen politicians talk about "bloodthirsty" criminals? In 19th century arguments for deploying schooling to indoctrinate the "bloodthirsty" masses.
I show this in "Raised to Obey" (@princetonupress.bsky.social)
Link: www.amazon.com/Raised-Obey-...
Do you know where else we've seen politicians talk about "bloodthirsty" criminals? In 19th century arguments for deploying schooling to indoctrinate the "bloodthirsty" masses.
I show this in "Raised to Obey" (@princetonupress.bsky.social)
Link: www.amazon.com/Raised-Obey-...
Tenured! Grateful to the many mentors, colleagues, and friends whose support has enabled me to thrive. It takes a village.
June 5, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Tenured! Grateful to the many mentors, colleagues, and friends whose support has enabled me to thrive. It takes a village.
"How Southern Politicians Reformed Textbooks to Resist Civil Rights Demands" -- my new article in the Journal of Historical Political Economy.
Ungated version: tinyurl.com/y32wev8y
Ungated version: tinyurl.com/y32wev8y
May 27, 2025 at 6:10 PM
"How Southern Politicians Reformed Textbooks to Resist Civil Rights Demands" -- my new article in the Journal of Historical Political Economy.
Ungated version: tinyurl.com/y32wev8y
Ungated version: tinyurl.com/y32wev8y
If you're at Harvard on Wednesday 3/26, come hear me present "Raised to Obey: The Rise and Spread of Mass Education" at HGSE from 3-4pm
Some people say it'll dramatically shift your perspective about education ;)
Email/DM me for details
cc @princetonupress.bsky.social @aganimian.bsky.social
Some people say it'll dramatically shift your perspective about education ;)
Email/DM me for details
cc @princetonupress.bsky.social @aganimian.bsky.social
March 26, 2025 at 1:50 AM
If you're at Harvard on Wednesday 3/26, come hear me present "Raised to Obey: The Rise and Spread of Mass Education" at HGSE from 3-4pm
Some people say it'll dramatically shift your perspective about education ;)
Email/DM me for details
cc @princetonupress.bsky.social @aganimian.bsky.social
Some people say it'll dramatically shift your perspective about education ;)
Email/DM me for details
cc @princetonupress.bsky.social @aganimian.bsky.social
If you're at Harvard on Wednesday 3/26, come hear me present "Raised to Obey: The Rise and Spread of Mass Education" at HGSE from 3-4pm
Some people say it'll dramatically shift your perspective about education ;)
Email/DM me for details
Some people say it'll dramatically shift your perspective about education ;)
Email/DM me for details
March 26, 2025 at 1:49 AM
If you're at Harvard on Wednesday 3/26, come hear me present "Raised to Obey: The Rise and Spread of Mass Education" at HGSE from 3-4pm
Some people say it'll dramatically shift your perspective about education ;)
Email/DM me for details
Some people say it'll dramatically shift your perspective about education ;)
Email/DM me for details
If you want to learn why William Easterly says "Raised to Obey" will "forever change thinking about #education," join Francisco Ramirez, Patricia Bromley and I this Monday at #CIES2025!
Palmer House, 3rd Floor, Salon 9
3:30-4:10pm
cc @princetonupress.bsky.social
Palmer House, 3rd Floor, Salon 9
3:30-4:10pm
cc @princetonupress.bsky.social
March 24, 2025 at 1:14 AM
If you want to learn why William Easterly says "Raised to Obey" will "forever change thinking about #education," join Francisco Ramirez, Patricia Bromley and I this Monday at #CIES2025!
Palmer House, 3rd Floor, Salon 9
3:30-4:10pm
cc @princetonupress.bsky.social
Palmer House, 3rd Floor, Salon 9
3:30-4:10pm
cc @princetonupress.bsky.social
Who do I know who will be at #CIES2025??
I'll be there for the first time since 2018 -- really looking forward to discussing my book with a terrific group of scholars!
I'll be there for the first time since 2018 -- really looking forward to discussing my book with a terrific group of scholars!
March 12, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Who do I know who will be at #CIES2025??
I'll be there for the first time since 2018 -- really looking forward to discussing my book with a terrific group of scholars!
I'll be there for the first time since 2018 -- really looking forward to discussing my book with a terrific group of scholars!
I'm looking forward to this conversation with #education experts at UCSD @ucsandiego.bsky.social
"Raised to Obey: The Rise, Spread, and Future of Mass Education"
Friday 1/24 12-1:30pm
PEB 721
"Raised to Obey: The Rise, Spread, and Future of Mass Education"
Friday 1/24 12-1:30pm
PEB 721
January 24, 2025 at 5:09 AM
I'm looking forward to this conversation with #education experts at UCSD @ucsandiego.bsky.social
"Raised to Obey: The Rise, Spread, and Future of Mass Education"
Friday 1/24 12-1:30pm
PEB 721
"Raised to Obey: The Rise, Spread, and Future of Mass Education"
Friday 1/24 12-1:30pm
PEB 721
The LA fires as processed by a friend's child who visited us yesterday.
There's a monster setting homes in flames. We'll put him behind bars to end the fires.
Children never cease to amaze me. Let's listen to them and do our best to help them process the trauma.
There's a monster setting homes in flames. We'll put him behind bars to end the fires.
Children never cease to amaze me. Let's listen to them and do our best to help them process the trauma.
January 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The LA fires as processed by a friend's child who visited us yesterday.
There's a monster setting homes in flames. We'll put him behind bars to end the fires.
Children never cease to amaze me. Let's listen to them and do our best to help them process the trauma.
There's a monster setting homes in flames. We'll put him behind bars to end the fires.
Children never cease to amaze me. Let's listen to them and do our best to help them process the trauma.
I'm thrilled that "Raised to Obey: The Rise and Spread of Mass Education" (@princetonupress.bsky.social) just hit a new record:
It's currently ranked #17 on Amazon's list of Development & Growth Economics books 🎉
Thank you for engaging with my work!!!
It's currently ranked #17 on Amazon's list of Development & Growth Economics books 🎉
Thank you for engaging with my work!!!
December 23, 2024 at 5:41 PM
I'm thrilled that "Raised to Obey: The Rise and Spread of Mass Education" (@princetonupress.bsky.social) just hit a new record:
It's currently ranked #17 on Amazon's list of Development & Growth Economics books 🎉
Thank you for engaging with my work!!!
It's currently ranked #17 on Amazon's list of Development & Growth Economics books 🎉
Thank you for engaging with my work!!!
Thank you, William Easterly!
December 16, 2024 at 6:04 PM
Thank you, William Easterly!
I screamed with joy when I read William Easterly's reaction to my new book, "Raised to Obey: The Rise and Spread of Mass Education" (@princetonupress.bsky.social)
He writes:
He writes:
December 16, 2024 at 6:04 PM
I screamed with joy when I read William Easterly's reaction to my new book, "Raised to Obey: The Rise and Spread of Mass Education" (@princetonupress.bsky.social)
He writes:
He writes:
I had the most amazing visit to the IDB yesterday, where I discussed the implications of my new book with their fabulous #Education team.
Thank you Mercedes Mateo and @daveevansphd.bsky.social for having me!
www.amazon.com/Raised-Obey-...
Thank you Mercedes Mateo and @daveevansphd.bsky.social for having me!
www.amazon.com/Raised-Obey-...
December 5, 2024 at 3:03 PM
I had the most amazing visit to the IDB yesterday, where I discussed the implications of my new book with their fabulous #Education team.
Thank you Mercedes Mateo and @daveevansphd.bsky.social for having me!
www.amazon.com/Raised-Obey-...
Thank you Mercedes Mateo and @daveevansphd.bsky.social for having me!
www.amazon.com/Raised-Obey-...
Excited for tomorrow's presentation at the IDB of "Raised to Obey: The Rise and Spread of Mass Education" (@princetonupress.bsky.social)
✅Why is education quality low? Ignorance, low capacity, or lack of political will?
✅How can MDBs improve #education?
✅Can foreign aid for education cause damage?
✅Why is education quality low? Ignorance, low capacity, or lack of political will?
✅How can MDBs improve #education?
✅Can foreign aid for education cause damage?
December 3, 2024 at 6:55 PM
Excited for tomorrow's presentation at the IDB of "Raised to Obey: The Rise and Spread of Mass Education" (@princetonupress.bsky.social)
✅Why is education quality low? Ignorance, low capacity, or lack of political will?
✅How can MDBs improve #education?
✅Can foreign aid for education cause damage?
✅Why is education quality low? Ignorance, low capacity, or lack of political will?
✅How can MDBs improve #education?
✅Can foreign aid for education cause damage?
Excited to be at Tulane to present my new book, "Raised to Obey: The Rise and Spread of Mass Education" (@princetonupress.bsky.social)
Today at noon at the the Center for Inter-American Policy and Research (CIPR)
Hope you can join us if you are around!
Today at noon at the the Center for Inter-American Policy and Research (CIPR)
Hope you can join us if you are around!
December 2, 2024 at 2:04 PM
Excited to be at Tulane to present my new book, "Raised to Obey: The Rise and Spread of Mass Education" (@princetonupress.bsky.social)
Today at noon at the the Center for Inter-American Policy and Research (CIPR)
Hope you can join us if you are around!
Today at noon at the the Center for Inter-American Policy and Research (CIPR)
Hope you can join us if you are around!
Just landed in New Orleans!
Tomorrow Monday at 12pm I'm presenting my new book, "Raised to Obey: The Rise and Spread of Mass Education" (@princetonupress.bsky.social), at the Center for Inter-American Policy and Research (CIPR) at Tulane.
Come join us if you're around!
Tomorrow Monday at 12pm I'm presenting my new book, "Raised to Obey: The Rise and Spread of Mass Education" (@princetonupress.bsky.social), at the Center for Inter-American Policy and Research (CIPR) at Tulane.
Come join us if you're around!
December 2, 2024 at 1:42 AM
Just landed in New Orleans!
Tomorrow Monday at 12pm I'm presenting my new book, "Raised to Obey: The Rise and Spread of Mass Education" (@princetonupress.bsky.social), at the Center for Inter-American Policy and Research (CIPR) at Tulane.
Come join us if you're around!
Tomorrow Monday at 12pm I'm presenting my new book, "Raised to Obey: The Rise and Spread of Mass Education" (@princetonupress.bsky.social), at the Center for Inter-American Policy and Research (CIPR) at Tulane.
Come join us if you're around!
I'm grateflu to many colleagues at universities in the U.S., Europe, and Latin America provided constructive and incisive feedback, including:
November 26, 2024 at 9:16 PM
I'm grateflu to many colleagues at universities in the U.S., Europe, and Latin America provided constructive and incisive feedback, including:
Primary schools in the West emerged first and foremost to instill *unquestioned* obedience to the state and its laws. This constitutes #indoctrination according to the dictionary, which defines it as the process of teaching someone to accept a set of beliefs *uncritically*
November 26, 2024 at 9:16 PM
Primary schools in the West emerged first and foremost to instill *unquestioned* obedience to the state and its laws. This constitutes #indoctrination according to the dictionary, which defines it as the process of teaching someone to accept a set of beliefs *uncritically*
I'm extremely grateful that "Raised to Obey: The Rise and Spread of Mass Education" (@princetonupress.bsky.social) had such a strong 1st week!
What is this book about? Why did I write it? Why should you care? A thread: 1/n
What is this book about? Why did I write it? Why should you care? A thread: 1/n
November 26, 2024 at 9:16 PM
I'm extremely grateful that "Raised to Obey: The Rise and Spread of Mass Education" (@princetonupress.bsky.social) had such a strong 1st week!
What is this book about? Why did I write it? Why should you care? A thread: 1/n
What is this book about? Why did I write it? Why should you care? A thread: 1/n
Grateful for a packed room and lively discussion yesterday at Politics and Prose on DC!
It's great to see "Raised to Obey" spark new ideas and conversations about #politics and the future of #education
@princetonupress.bsky.social #EduSky
It's great to see "Raised to Obey" spark new ideas and conversations about #politics and the future of #education
@princetonupress.bsky.social #EduSky
November 25, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Grateful for a packed room and lively discussion yesterday at Politics and Prose on DC!
It's great to see "Raised to Obey" spark new ideas and conversations about #politics and the future of #education
@princetonupress.bsky.social #EduSky
It's great to see "Raised to Obey" spark new ideas and conversations about #politics and the future of #education
@princetonupress.bsky.social #EduSky
"Raised to Obey" is the #1 New Release in #History of #Education! 🎉
The historian Jonathan Zimmerman (UPenn) wrote to me saying:
"I can't remember the last time I learned as much from a single monograph as I did from yours."
The historian Jonathan Zimmerman (UPenn) wrote to me saying:
"I can't remember the last time I learned as much from a single monograph as I did from yours."
November 21, 2024 at 8:51 PM
"Raised to Obey" is the #1 New Release in #History of #Education! 🎉
The historian Jonathan Zimmerman (UPenn) wrote to me saying:
"I can't remember the last time I learned as much from a single monograph as I did from yours."
The historian Jonathan Zimmerman (UPenn) wrote to me saying:
"I can't remember the last time I learned as much from a single monograph as I did from yours."
Mass education was designed to quash critical thinking and prevent dissent
I'm headed to Washington, DC to present "Raised to Obey: The Rise and Spread of Mass Education" at Politics and Prose
Sunday at 5pm -- details below. Join me!
@princetonupress.bsky.social
I'm headed to Washington, DC to present "Raised to Obey: The Rise and Spread of Mass Education" at Politics and Prose
Sunday at 5pm -- details below. Join me!
@princetonupress.bsky.social
November 21, 2024 at 1:26 AM
Mass education was designed to quash critical thinking and prevent dissent
I'm headed to Washington, DC to present "Raised to Obey: The Rise and Spread of Mass Education" at Politics and Prose
Sunday at 5pm -- details below. Join me!
@princetonupress.bsky.social
I'm headed to Washington, DC to present "Raised to Obey: The Rise and Spread of Mass Education" at Politics and Prose
Sunday at 5pm -- details below. Join me!
@princetonupress.bsky.social
Join me at POLITICS AND PROSE this Sunday, in conversation w/ Harry Holzer
5pm, Conn Ave, Washington DC
We'll celebrate the launch of "Raised to Obey" and discuss its implications for politics & the future of education!
Please spread the word & hope to see you there! @princetonupress.bsky.social
5pm, Conn Ave, Washington DC
We'll celebrate the launch of "Raised to Obey" and discuss its implications for politics & the future of education!
Please spread the word & hope to see you there! @princetonupress.bsky.social
November 20, 2024 at 11:05 PM
Join me at POLITICS AND PROSE this Sunday, in conversation w/ Harry Holzer
5pm, Conn Ave, Washington DC
We'll celebrate the launch of "Raised to Obey" and discuss its implications for politics & the future of education!
Please spread the word & hope to see you there! @princetonupress.bsky.social
5pm, Conn Ave, Washington DC
We'll celebrate the launch of "Raised to Obey" and discuss its implications for politics & the future of education!
Please spread the word & hope to see you there! @princetonupress.bsky.social