Monday, August 4, 2008

Supply-Side Education - ChronicleReview.com

Some educational theorists decry the notion of "Educating for the workforce," seeing it as barely a step above brainwashing. It can be, but when education fails to prepare a person for dealing successfully with a changing world, then noisy theoretical spitting contests about whether We are engaging in propaganda, brainwashing, New Age mysticism or flavor-of-the-day strategies take a back seat to the simple fact that Our children are increasingly less-prepared academically for the world We live in.

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