It is a truth universally acknowledged that education is the key to economic success. Everyone knows that the jobs of the future will require ever higher levels of skill. That’s why, in an appearance Friday with former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, President Obama declared that “If we want more good news on the jobs front then we’ve got to make more investments in education.”Continue reading here.
But what everyone knows is wrong.
This space explores issues in public education policy, and it advocates for a commitment to and a re-examination of the democratic purposes of schools. If there is some urgency in the message, it is due to the current reform efforts that are based on a radical re-invention of education, now spearheaded by a psychometric blitzkrieg of "metastasizing testing" aimed at dismantling a public education system that took almost 200 years to build. JH August, 2005
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Krugman: Degrees and Dollars
In case you missed it, Paul Krugman had an excellent piece in the NY Times last week. It reminds me of Bracey, a voice we dearly miss these days. Here's the intro - do read the whole piece:
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