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Re:Cory Doctorow: Our dangerous statistical ignorance by sabat on Wednesday May 21, 2008 @02:37PM (#196384)
And when a large proportion of families (broken, dysfunctional, otherwise unable) fail to teach kids what's important: what then?
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Re:Cory Doctorow: Our dangerous statistical ignorance by aggieben on Wednesday May 21, 2008 @02:53PM (#196404)
I don't know many good answers to that question - but in my bones I know that the federal government isn't one of them.
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Re:Cory Doctorow: Our dangerous statistical ignorance by graywh on Wednesday May 21, 2008 @02:51PM (#196400)
People didn't worry about that (i.e. formal education systems) until only recently, but I guess what's "important" has gotten more complex and the rate of "dysfunction" has increased.
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Re:Cory Doctorow: Our dangerous statistical ignorance by helveticaman on Friday June 06, 2008 @09:14PM (#211330)
What now?
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