tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post8135495161064198865..comments2024-03-28T11:57:21.902-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: Schooling For Democracy (Or What Is Education For)Peter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-30351016287138636562020-11-14T15:55:09.553-05:002020-11-14T15:55:09.553-05:00Recently, I have been paying more attention to K-1...Recently, I have been paying more attention to K-12 education in our country. In the 60's and 70's I went through both public and private schools, but more public than private. It seems to me that many of the problems of three or four decades ago are still true today. Too many students pass through the public school with reading, writing, and numeracy skills below what they need for all the potential roles they will play in society (i.e., citizen, employee, employer, individual). Whether we like it or not, when a young person graduates from high school, that school and his family have educated that student for all those potential roles. Furthermore, I would guess that if a student did not feel they had received an education they valued (by whatever standard they are using), they are going to feel society did not do right by them. That feeling necessarily breeds distrust of their own society. Society funds K-12 education to give students skills and a point of view which encourages them to be net optimistic of their future in their society. If schools achieve this goal, I do not think we should care if it were by "serving democratic and social goals" or "economic goals". ARThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14749292604392800891noreply@blogger.com