George Leonard

George Leonard was a senior editor at Look magazine in the 1960s who reported on brain physiology, schools, and human potential. In Education Nation, Milton Chen quotes Leonard’s 1964 conclusion that “most of the innate capability of most people is routinely squandered,” with the mode of education itself a major cause of the waste.

Where this appears

• Education Nation — quoted on the untapped reserves of human potential and education as a cause of squandered capability.