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Education Doesn't Work 2.0 - Freddie deBoer
Universal education through schooling is not feasible.
Ivan Illich • Deschooling Society (Education)
I found it startling to discover that you can throw out almost everything we regard as schooling—all the testing, all the assessments, even formal teaching—and still produce people who can read, write, and function in society. This tells you how much of what we are neurotically putting our kids through is pointless (at best).
Johann Hari • Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again
In fact, international research that studied thousands of workers—more than three-quarters of whom did not have tertiary education—produced findings that resonate with a major theme of the book: that sometimes the actions that provide a head start will undermine long-term development, whether that is choosing a career or a course of study, or simpl... See more