Friday 14 May 2021

the case against education

Schools are bad for society:

The Pinky Show - Scary School Nightmare - YouTube

Jay Doubleyou: deschooling society

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And schools are bad for people:

Jay Doubleyou: Search results for taylor gatto

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BBC radio looked at 'the case against education':

Education is often seen as a panacea for a liberal civilised society: the more, the better. But what if we’re wrong? What if the desire to deliver higher education to as many people as possible is actually making society less fair? 
Economist Bryan Caplan poked a hornet’s nest recently with his book “The Case Against Education”. It argued passionately that higher education has become a mere signalling exercise for employers – one which rewarded rote-learning conformism and threw anyone with less than a 2:1 on the scrapheap. 
Much admired – and much criticised – Caplan’s book was a call-to-arms for an end to a futile, economically-crippling education arms-race. His solution? Simply pull funding for almost all higher education until its social worth was fully proven. 
Advertising guru and behaviourist Rory Sutherland is joined in studio by the Executive Director of the Education Policy Institute Natalie Perera - and down the line by Bryan Caplan himself – to assess one of liberal society’s most sacred cows.

Thought Cages - The Case Against Education - BBC Sounds

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Here's his book:

Caplan argues that the primary function of education is not to enhance students' skills but to certify their intelligence, conscientiousness, and conformity—attributes that are valued by employers.

The Case Against Education - Wikipedia

Bryan D. Caplan - The Case Against Education - YouTube

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And a lot of people have read it:

Book Review: The Case Against Education: Why the Education System is a Waste of Time and Money by Bryan Caplan | LSE Review of Books

The Case Against 'The Case Against Education' | Learning Innovation

The Case against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money: The Independent Review: The Independent Institute

Bryan Caplan’s (Convincing) Case Against Education - Foundation for Economic Education

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With more here:

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Jay Doubleyou: is the purpose of education 'social uplift' - or 'social control'?

Jay Doubleyou: human resources as social engineering

Jay Doubleyou: what is the point of education?

Jay Doubleyou: why schools don't produce well-educated minds

Jay Doubleyou: the most schooled generation in history is miserable

Jay Doubleyou: the purpose of education: from china to prussia to the united states

Jay Doubleyou: education: dumbing us down

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