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Re:Poor kids who do things right don't do better than rich k... by adamnemecek on Monday October 24, 2016 @06:03PM (#12783310)
My main issues are the lack of efficiency and lack of educational freedom.

> The purpose of the current design for primary and secondary education is to produce a general foundation atop which any sort of tertiary education can be built.

Yeah, it's not very good at that.

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Re:Poor kids who do things right don't do better than rich k... by Kalium on Monday October 24, 2016 @06:08PM (#12783347)
It's relatively efficient compared to alternative currently available approaches. We have not reached a point where Khan Academy and Udemy can replace everything - or even a major part - of education after basic literacy and numeracy.

The model of turning a literate child loose in a library and letting them be for six or eight years should not be assumed as universally useful.

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