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This op-ed tells us exactly what we'd expect to hear from a member of the schooling establishment: Force people to attend more school, have the government pay m
by johnnybgoode 17y ago
This op-ed tells us exactly what we'd expect to hear from a member of the schooling establishment: Force people to attend more school, have the government pay more to encourage school attendance, and have the government rank colleges and universities directly.
The funny thing is, it starts by saying, "American education was once the best in the world."
Gee, I wonder what made it worse?
If there is such a thing as a crime against humanity, what these jokers have done to education ought to qualify.
- russell 17y agoHe did make a couple of points that weren't completely self-serving. He recommended a longer school year. There was an article posted here a couple of weeks ago that showed that much of the difference between higher and lower income kids could be explained by the fact that higher income kids got continued education over the summer. Making the college accreditation reports public sounds good. Having the government rank them, not so good. Having universities sponsor Super Bowls, stupid.
- johnnybgoode 17y agoA longer school year almost certainly means more dependence on schools and more resources being directed to people like him, so they can be spent on more educational experiments. Even if you agree with this plan, I'd still call it self-serving. (This doesn't mean he's not a sincere believer.)