Via TheAntiMedia.org,
Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Education has been given the boot for allowing the image of a pop culture icon to be published in his country’s high school curriculum.
From the Associated Press on Monday:
“A senior Education Ministry official in Saudi Arabia has been fired after high school students opened their textbooks to find an image of Yoda from the ‘Star Wars’ films seated next to a Saudi king.
Via StockBoardAsset.com,
Project Baltimore, an investigative reporting initiative, which was launched in March 2017, by Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc, the largest U.S. broadcaster, has uncovered more evidence of a massive grade manipulation scheme brewing in Baltimore City Schools.
The report indicates, the problem is more widespread than thought.
Research published in The Sunday Times this week revealed that eight state-funded British schools are forcing children to wear the Islamic hijab along with other Muslim female dress code requirements, which includes girls as young as four. The findings are based on open source investigations into published dress code directives of 176 Muslim schools across Britain, most of which are private.
Back in January 2017, the University of California system of schools approved their first in-state tuition hike in six years. And while one might hope that the extra millions of dollars raised as a result of those hikes would go toward a better education for students, in reality, a large chuck will go to fund the exorbitant pensions of retired teachers.
Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog,
The answer is not another $1 trillion in student loan debt to pay for another raft of declining-value credentials.
So let's say we want to set up a system to help students choose a career that fits their aptitudes and interests. What would we do? How about:
1. Give them zero (or superficial) aptitude and career-related tests.