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I think education should be treated like medicine: Do the conservative thing that has been proven to work. And if you've got some new brilliant idea on how to i
by kybernetyk 3y ago
I think education should be treated like medicine: Do the conservative thing that has been proven to work. And if you've got some new brilliant idea on how to improve things run studies and trials before you unleash your "feelgood and humane approach" on defenseless children.
Education feels like a test laboratory where every (sorry) idiot can bullshit people into doing insane things solely based on emotions and a handful (of probably useless) studies.
- red_admiral 3y agoThe tragedy with phonics in particular is that we have the kind of evidence in favour that comes close to medical standards of "proven to work" - at least a lot better than the alternative - and some states or schools are still going "meh".