Mostly I agree, although I think reforming school to be better for kids is probably a pretty easy welfare gain. Lower work loads by cutting the more useless curricula, use the extra time to start later and devote more time to physical activity and play. Make violence prevention a higher priority. Allow students more freedom and choice (e…
Mostly I agree, although I think reforming school to be better for kids is probably a pretty easy welfare gain. Lower work loads by cutting the more useless curricula, use the extra time to start later and devote more time to physical activity and play. Make violence prevention a higher priority. Allow students more freedom and choice (e.g. some high school students could be learning car mechanics or welding or ... instead of biology and calculus).
I don't think schools are a moral catastrophe, it seems that public education has been a boon to human welfare actually, but there are important and large problems with schooling that I feel like it is more productive to focus on.
Mostly I agree, although I think reforming school to be better for kids is probably a pretty easy welfare gain. Lower work loads by cutting the more useless curricula, use the extra time to start later and devote more time to physical activity and play. Make violence prevention a higher priority. Allow students more freedom and choice (e.g. some high school students could be learning car mechanics or welding or ... instead of biology and calculus).
I don't think schools are a moral catastrophe, it seems that public education has been a boon to human welfare actually, but there are important and large problems with schooling that I feel like it is more productive to focus on.