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The issue is that we've been pointing to education as the solution for decades. Despite that, we still have no real clue as to how to improve education, and thi
by scarmig 12y ago
The issue is that we've been pointing to education as the solution for decades. Despite that, we still have no real clue as to how to improve education, and this is particularly true for the bottom 20% of performers--throwing more teachers or different curriculum at them has resolutely failed, experimentation by charter and independent schools hasn't given us any plausibly paradigm-changing leads, and initiatives like Khan Academy and Coursera are focused on self-directed learners, who that bottom 20% definitely are not.
Obviously better education would be the dream solution for taxpayers, society, and students, but so far as I can tell it's just a dream that never translates to reality.
- edgyswingset 12y agoEducation also finds itself on the chopping block before anything else in this country. This leads to things like Universities hiring researchers over instructors so they can somehow justify themselves before the politicians who want to remove funding whenever they can. We point at education, but we don't exactly supply it with the capability to perform what we want it to.