Public education in the US sits at a difficult nexus of political will, cultural ideology, public opinion, and educational 'theory'. It rarely goes well, becaus

Public education in the US sits at a difficult nexus of political will, cultural ideology, public opinion, and educational 'theory'. It rarely goes well, because everyone vehemently believes they know the 'purpose' of public education. And so, we get posts like this: public ed as a 'pipeline to STEM careers'. The reductionist view of public education-as-career-training is one of those contentious topics. I myself find it absurd. An ed system driven by vocations and political/ideological nation-state goals has been so genuinely harmful to people it's hard to know where to begin.