Killing Education
"Teaching to the test" is headed for higher education:
I'm convinced that the current government and its supporters (read: big business) want nothing more than to turn out compliant little drones devoid of imagination and critical thinking. It's not enough that this has been put into action on the grade school level; apparently the feds are now worried that some might develop brains in college. We can't have that! An ignorant population is a managable population.
How long before someone develops soma?
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A federal commission approved a final report on Thursday that urges a broad shake-up of American higher education. It calls for public universities to measure learning with standardized tests, federal monitoring of college quality and sweeping changes in financial aid.
I'm convinced that the current government and its supporters (read: big business) want nothing more than to turn out compliant little drones devoid of imagination and critical thinking. It's not enough that this has been put into action on the grade school level; apparently the feds are now worried that some might develop brains in college. We can't have that! An ignorant population is a managable population.
How long before someone develops soma?
.
posted by spork_incident at Friday, August 11, 2006
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