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Disturbing Trends in Education, Revisited

The October, 1981 issue of Education Advisory listed 11 disturbing trends in Education, all with supporting quotes. These disturbing trends are now added to the category in this blog of DECEITS in Education.  Do the disturbing trends and deceits in education of 1981 still apply in 2008, 27 years later?
 
1. Decline in Public Involvement
“If we believe in […]

DECEITS IN EDUCATION

 
The education systems I follow – Canadian, American, and UK – are so ponderously top-heavy on the supply-side of education economics that they can only survive from toppling over by using complex, interlocking schemes that deliberately and successfully thwart reform efforts from the demand-side (the customers). Having usurped the rightful “property” and duty of parents and […]