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In reply to the discussion: Public Education [View all]femmocrat
(28,394 posts)4. It sounds a lot like the old argument about the value of a liberal arts education....
and whether schools should provide a broad education and "well-rounded" individuals or a future workforce.
IMO, an educated person can adapt to the changing times and train for a variety of careers while the vocationally-trained "future worker" will ever be hampered by an education of limited scope.
I always felt that it was the responsibility of the employer to provide some of the training instead of expecting workers to be specialists in a narrow range of skills.
I'm with you. I think the purpose of schools is to produce an informed and engaged citizenry.
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"current “war on teachers” (especially the war on teachers’ unions) is actually a war on democracy"
madfloridian
Sep 2014
#3
It sounds a lot like the old argument about the value of a liberal arts education....
femmocrat
Sep 2014
#4
Congress is not to informing, its to be informed by its electorate. They operate on our will....
marble falls
Sep 2014
#8
Great post and thread. I graduated high school in 1965, when Civics was still required to graduate.
mountain grammy
Sep 2014
#29
That public education is not a fundamental Constitutional right is one of the founders' greatest
ancianita
Sep 2014
#30