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In reply to the discussion: 51/50 Means We Have No Clue [View all]

MadLinguist

(781 posts)
3. I wish you could get this published as an editorial
Tue Feb 7, 2017, 06:07 PM
Feb 2017

What you say here is so on target and has been true for the entire history of US education.
Though true that it's about to get even worse, it ain't been no kinda meritocracy ever.
Think about finding a place to publish, seriously.

Here is my favorite paragraph:
This ROI problem, I suggest, is a result of a lack of democracy in education from the very start. We say we need x many y's in order to maintain industry z. But Democracy isn't an investment. People aren't "human resources", and teachers are not widgets in an economic engine. The whole term itself "economy" implies there is not enough to go around, and therefore we must "economize". Who decides who's children must be "economized"? The teachers? The parents? Congress? Bill Gates?

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