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Why Schools Don’t Educate (1990)

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Their easily could be, we just can't imagine as a society putting this much effort into caring for the young. Especially those of the wrong skin color. The US is the wealthiest country in the world, we could easily change some of the governments wealth distribution to educate all students 8:1

Still no. You would need to triple the number of teachers and greatly increase the number of rooms across almost all public schools in America to get those kinds of numbers. There simply aren't enough people, or enough space to do so. The only viable solution is to find a better way of educating children in these larger groups.

Maybe if the job and compensation were more compelling we'd have plenty of teachers. And we can come up with innovative ways to use the space we have.

Re: Why Schools Don’t Educate (1990)

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Amazing this came out 22 years ago. It must be thinkers like these that created schools like Cristo Rey in Chicago where kids get bused around the city working real jobs, alternating every so often. But back to this being 22 years old... the internet wasn't really even a thing back then. If TV was a threat, then the internet is a bomb. Unfortunately, I don't see things getting any better, even in "good" schools. I'm at least happy that I've read this so I can adjust my parenting to promote more individualism.

Re: Why Schools Don’t Educate (1990)

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The problem is that schools, especially in the west, have totally lost the plot! We need to get back to its original and sole purpose. Teaching young people the basic skills needed to work in society. As well as the skills needed to move onto secondary education and vocational training. The fact that so much time and effort is spent on things other than core subjects, even while we graduate children who fail at one o…

Could you expand on what you believe are "core" subjects?

Reading, writing, MATH, basic science, basic computer literacy and true more generalized home economics/shop type stuff. (basically from understanding bills and legal stuff to basic repair etc) Stuff needed to actually live in society and the tools to START more advanced educational or vocational endeavors. Other stuff should come second, if it all in a mandatory school system.
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