David Brooks is on to something https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/13/opinion/scandinavia-education.html, but we need to start with basics. I commented,
Did you say we need to change how we “educate” everyone? I didn’t know we did. And that’s a problem. Here is Jefferson on why it’s a problem. “…Preach…a crusade against ignorance…improve the law for educating the common people. Let our countrymen know that the people alone can protect us against…evil, and that…kings, priests and nobles…will rise up among us if we leave the people in ignorance…” Smart guy, that Jefferson. Here is Bill Gross on what we have in higher education. (which filters down on ALL American education, something explained and illuminated on my blog inside-higher-ed ) “…Universities are run for the benefit of the adult establishment, both politically and financially, not students. To radically change the system and to question the sanctity of a college education would be to jeopardize trillions of misdirected investment dollars and financial obligations…” Mr. Brooks, you are on the right track, but we need to start with really educating everyone, not just “schooling” or “degreeing” them.
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