HERE'S A POWERFUL INDICTMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION AS IT HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN IMPLEMENTED. I'm not saying that I can name any cases that don't implement education in the way that the author describes, but "absence of evidence isn't evidence of absence", as they say... Against School, by John Taylor Gatto. Many thanks to MB for the hardcopy that got me thinking about this. He also gave me an Alfie Kohen article at the same time. Both are very good and highly persuasive... at least I'm persuaded... but who am I?

TODAY'S HAIKU Lecture, tests and grades. Children lacking rolemodels hamstrings the future!

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