Richard NieporentNovember 16, 2004 at 7:07 am | Permalink | Reply
If we ever had doubts about the purpose of schooling in a public system, imagine the purpose or goal of a private system of schooling. [11]
[11] Privately run charter schools are already being sued for discrimination based on race.
John this is a scholarly article so it must be true. Just look at all the footnotes! I guess it would be too much to expect that if she uses a footnote she would give us an actual reference.
Schools of education have long been taken over by the Left. What passes for scholarly research are diatribes on race and class. The fact that graduates of these so-called schools of education are teaching our children should worry us a great deal.
“…the actual impact of its policies and practices versus its intent or rhetoric which itself belies the historical purpose of schooling in America.”
I understand the part about impact versus intent. But I don’t understand the jab about the intent belying the historical purpose of schooling in America. Usually the historic purpose is supposed to be to turn out little cogs for the Capitalist machine. If that’s no longer the intent, isn’t that a good thing?
Is this what they teach in graduate education departments?
A recent contribution to EducationNews.org caught the eye of Dave Huber, John Rosenberg and King Banaian It's badly organized and poorly written, but as Banaian and Huber note, the language is something to behold. The writer apparently worked from…
If we ever had doubts about the purpose of schooling in a public system, imagine the purpose or goal of a private system of schooling. [11]
[11] Privately run charter schools are already being sued for discrimination based on race.
John this is a scholarly article so it must be true. Just look at all the footnotes! I guess it would be too much to expect that if she uses a footnote she would give us an actual reference.
Schools of education have long been taken over by the Left. What passes for scholarly research are diatribes on race and class. The fact that graduates of these so-called schools of education are teaching our children should worry us a great deal.
I wrote about this as well today. My trackback isn’t working, so here’s the URL to my post:
http://www.invincibleironman.com/hube/mt/archives/000343.html
“…the actual impact of its policies and practices versus its intent or rhetoric which itself belies the historical purpose of schooling in America.”
I understand the part about impact versus intent. But I don’t understand the jab about the intent belying the historical purpose of schooling in America. Usually the historic purpose is supposed to be to turn out little cogs for the Capitalist machine. If that’s no longer the intent, isn’t that a good thing?
How does anyone know that “admiral” is actually not what the author intended?
Is this what they teach in graduate education departments?
A recent contribution to EducationNews.org caught the eye of Dave Huber, John Rosenberg and King Banaian It's badly organized and poorly written, but as Banaian and Huber note, the language is something to behold. The writer apparently worked from…