Comments on: Reinventing education http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2009/06/11/reinventing-education/ Thoughts on a changing society. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:09:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: laurent http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2009/06/11/reinventing-education/comment-page-1/#comment-21264 laurent Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:01:13 +0000 http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2009/06/11/reinventing-education/#comment-21264 "Those in power don’t want you educated. They want you schooled." Is it (unfortunately) true whatever the political color of "those in power"? “Those in power don’t want you educated. They want you schooled.”

Is it (unfortunately) true whatever the political color of “those in power”?

]]> By: philip kovacs http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2009/06/11/reinventing-education/comment-page-1/#comment-21242 philip kovacs Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:53:53 +0000 http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2009/06/11/reinventing-education/#comment-21242 Hear! Hear! Something for you to consider...while teachers will certainly resist, neoliberal educational reformers (Obama, Duncan, Bill Gates) are also resisting, clinging to the delivery model and opposing (with billions of dollars) a move toward customized, collaborative learning. I am a former teacher teaching teachers, and I am all for unschooling, but we need to generate political support for the project, otherwise we are going to have factory schools for decades. Brilliant post! drpk Hear! Hear!

Something for you to consider…while teachers will certainly resist, neoliberal educational reformers (Obama, Duncan, Bill Gates) are also resisting, clinging to the delivery model and opposing (with billions of dollars) a move toward customized, collaborative learning.

I am a former teacher teaching teachers, and I am all for unschooling, but we need to generate political support for the project, otherwise we are going to have factory schools for decades.

Brilliant post!
drpk

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