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Out now: Caitlin Flanagan makes the case against private schools in our April 2021 cover story: “The gulf between how rich kids and poor kids are educated in America is obscene.” ⁠ ⁠ The problems at private schools are endemic to their business model, Flanagan writes. Their existence depends on an unseemly closeness... See more

A great rant on @slatestarcodex ‘s recent post on why schooling is mostly a waste of time: “Now that we've established that education is just daycare, let's discuss why. Over 30 years ago a group of parents decided to start a public school in my area. I thought they were mad. I already knew... See more

We need to legalize math in California Today the anti-math education bureaucrats are trying to force the UC system to water down math standards to accept fake data science courses that don’t teach algebra We interviewed @minilek, CS division chair @ Berkeley to get the low down... See more

The ideology varies, at times, for subsequent generations but each of public schools’ greatest proponents sure are intent on *imposing* their values on all. Excerpt from Social Ideas of American Educators: It is clear [Horace] Mann’s social and educational philosophy was opposed to romantic... See more

Rising inequality in the Australian school system is leading to a drop in the standard of education as the public sector grapples with teacher burnout and a shortage of funding. Watch the full interview with Jane Caro at the link in bio.