Systems of education and its discontents

[PsiPhiGrrrl]

A great response for folks attacking education by promoting the idea that parents know better than trained, professional educators:

Let's talk about parents and education....

This seems a bit like a previous anti-science response, too:

Montana bill would ban teaching of scientific theories in schools

Beau’s video on this made a good point about the cost of policies like this. I’ve made similar arguments that these folks better plan for their kids to never leave home, because they aren’t likely to get a job that will support that. [Let's talk about science in Montana....] However, this is the same crowd that couldn’t be convinced to work on environmental issues for the sake of themselves or their children. So, here we go again…