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On Education

June 4, 2021 Eliza Daley

Recently, I read an essay by a high school teacher, Belle Chesler, describing her plague year. Near the end she writes this: The skills and the knowledge we promote as most valuable are tied to workforce demands — not to what should count as actual life learning or growth. When you narrow achievement to what’s… Continue reading On Education →

Posted in Polemics & RantsTagged culture, education, sociology, standards, status, work

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