so if I'm an engaged and interested parent, and I want my child to succeed, looks like charter schools are the correct answer about where to send my kids.
But the question of "where should I send _my_ kids" should be considered separately from "how should education in this country as a whole be structured."
You have to distinguish between the macro and micro. Another example is college. If my nephew asked me whether he should go to college, I'd say, definitely do that, if you can afford it. But on a macro level, college in the US has kind of become scam and we have to do something about it.
Not necessarily. Charter schools do much better if you measure just output, but are frequently quite average once you control for their advantageous population.
scilro|7 years ago
But the question of "where should I send _my_ kids" should be considered separately from "how should education in this country as a whole be structured."
You have to distinguish between the macro and micro. Another example is college. If my nephew asked me whether he should go to college, I'd say, definitely do that, if you can afford it. But on a macro level, college in the US has kind of become scam and we have to do something about it.
gremlinsinc|7 years ago
Automation will have decimated many industries, what will be left is up in the air, and when he graduates will those jobs still be there?
Unless in the future college is more of an extra-curricular boredom thing because post-scarcity society and all (wishful thinking).
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