Comments on: The Education Industrial Complex

By: IF marketing & advertising | Reading Linchpin by Seth Godin

IF marketing & advertising | Reading Linchpin by Seth Godin — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:47:03 +0000

[...] I see names or references in the text that I just want to click. Where can I find more about the education-industrial complex? Who is Anne Jackson? But the internet is so far away…. How did we ever get through school [...]

By: The actual future of the library « Agnostic, Maybe

The actual future of the library « Agnostic, Maybe — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 05:18:06 +0000

[...] the aspiration that Mr. Godin creates in this final sentence, what I think needs to happen is a broadening of the education commitment. This is not a simple of matter of money and materials, but a paradigm movement by the community to [...]

By: NECC: Not Everyone Can Come (so WE have to share the wealth) | The Story of My “Second Life”

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:32:23 +0000

[...] blog post, “Do pink Cadillacs really sell printers?” but why are we surprised that the Education-Industrial Complex, fueled by good ol’ American capitalism and OUR TAX DOLLARS have led us to this place? [...]

By: On Manifestoes

On Manifestoes — Mon, 11 May 2009 05:25:31 +0000

[...] Principled Discovery) [...]

By: Principled Discovery » Are homeschoolers ready to be “normal”?

Principled Discovery » Are homeschoolers ready to be “normal”? — Wed, 21 May 2008 06:28:14 +0000

[...] committed to their children’s education needs to pull their kids out of school any more than supporting education means that you have to support public education in its current [...]

By: Life Nurturing Education » Failing Fourth Grade

Life Nurturing Education » Failing Fourth Grade — Wed, 21 May 2008 06:06:31 +0000

[...] if they are behind? Yet are these even the right questions? Or have they been placed upon us by the Educational Industrial Complex discussed at Principled Discovery?My tendency is to equate education with finishing curriculum and [...]

By: Teacher in a Strange Land

Teacher in a Strange Land — Wed, 21 May 2008 04:06:28 +0000

CARNIVAL IN A STRANGE LAND…

“I do know that the slickest way to lie is to tell the right amount of truth at the right time — and then shut up.” ~ Jubal Harshaw, “Stranger in a Strange Land” (Robt. Heinlein) Welcome, welcome! The Carnival…

By: Mom Is Teaching » Blog Archive » And The Sun Shined Down

Mom Is Teaching » Blog Archive » And The Sun Shined Down — Tue, 20 May 2008 05:37:20 +0000

[...] The Education Industrial Complex – Commitment to education that involves more than just putting more money into the schools. What a radical concept. Except, it isn’t. [...]

By: Dana

Dana — Sun, 18 May 2008 18:11:26 +0000

I can understand security chasing them out, but when else is a parent to go check out potential purchases? Not to mention adults who may want them for themselves.

Typical, though. Rather than deal with the problem, restrict the liberty of all in order to control.

By: Rina Groeneveld

Rina Groeneveld — Sun, 18 May 2008 15:17:08 +0000

I was in a department store in the middle of Bremen (in Germany) yesterday and in the computer/games section, all the games consoles had the following notice on them “In co-operation with the Bremen Senator for Education (yes, the same one to whom some of you may have sent Christmas cards last year), the consoles are only switched on from 3:30pm.” The purpose is to prevent kids who play hooky from loitering in the department store to play on the consoles during school hours, but now nobody can do this.