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>School Daze  - James Howard Kunstler - 
@bfsiedel, While I agree with much of what you posted, regarding whether or not school is broken depends upon one's expectations of public school. It is possible to learn in public school, but I think warehousing/baby sitting is the primary utility of public school. Of course parents Want their children to get a quality education, but parents Need to work. Things are changing, slowly. Home schooling and cooperative education are growing, and the pace is picking up.
Like other government infrastructure, education is crumbling, and the cost of fixing it vs letting it crumble and starting over are starting to even out. Much like everything else.


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Beginning of the headline :Sunday night was Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’s turn through the CBS 60-Minutes wringer of censure with a visibly frustrated inquisitor Lesley Stahl trying to hector her into self-incrimination. The sad truth about American schools is that they’re a mirror for the painful collapse of the society they supposedly serve — a process ongoing for decades before Ms. DeVos came on the scene. The expectation that some uber-regent can or ought to fix public education is bound to disappoint a news me... Read More
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