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> Do folks like Zinger seriously believe Folks like Zinger believe whatever the narrative prescribed by the institution in which they're very comfortably ensco
by topspin 4y ago
> Do folks like Zinger seriously believe
Folks like Zinger believe whatever the narrative prescribed by the institution in which they're very comfortably ensconced require them to believe. In this case we're dealing with someone that directs the education of teachers and awards UC Irvine credits, which automatically deliver higher teacher compensation as per their union contracts. You won't be surprised to learn that these courses are rather easy and short; typically just sitting through a few lectures.
It's a racket, and you're listening to a racketeer.
- dmix 4y agoThe solution is clearly more holistic aka qualitative and subjective testing, requiring more administrators who can use their expertise to carefully evaluate their local group of students based on [current important skills of the day]. And those administrators can have individual administrative bodies for each state/county. Then the universities can take the brunt of the responsibility for figuring out which of those bodies are actually doing their job or not, in addition to the test scores they pump out. Which means, yes, more administrators.
- topspin 4y ago> Which means, yes, more administrators. If the solution were more administrators the US would lead the world in test scores, setting new records annually.
- dmix 4y agoEngland seems to be beating the US on one key relevant metric: https://www.statista.com/chart/11058/bachelor-tuition-fees-international-comparison/ https://www.statista.com/chart/11058/bachelor-tuition-fees-i...