tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787999482934202364.post8207338278981523582..comments2023-05-28T07:46:13.657-04:00Comments on social issues: Education and IncomeLeonard Wakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948820385522641682noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787999482934202364.post-66576868471982733282011-05-19T22:45:28.621-04:002011-05-19T22:45:28.621-04:00This is a brilliant post, and Justin's comment...This is a brilliant post, and Justin's comment is also very helpful. <br /><br />Both Ivan Illich and Tom Green aapproached this issue in interesting ways. Illich thought that we should outlaw asking anyone what curriculum they had passed through. That would in effect make it impossible to use educational attainment, measured in terms of cretis and degrees, as a filter in the job market. If employers want to hire workers with more knowledge and skill, they'll have to test these directly. This is what Illich meant by "de-schooling society". <br /><br />Tom Green made the complementary proposal that we outlaw educational institutions from using credits and degrees as entrance requirements. Thus high schools and colleges that wish to impose pre-requisites would have to test for them. This would, by analogy, be "de-schooling" school itself. That would open up all sorts of alternatives routes to significant learning - including apprenticeships in organic gardens, as proposed by Justin in his comment. It might force us to think deeply about what learning is of most worth. <br /><br />These measures would not eliminate poverty, but they would go a long way toward ending that specific poverty which is caused directly by inequality of educational attainment.Leonard Wakshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10948820385522641682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787999482934202364.post-46290030218446414012011-04-21T12:40:25.306-04:002011-04-21T12:40:25.306-04:00Is it possible that poverty could be eliminated th...Is it possible that poverty could be eliminated through self-sufficient practices such as intensive vegetable gardening? Improved education doesn't have to be about putting widgets in a row, it can be about finding meaning independently of the labor market. <br />I enjoyed reading your post.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14258454033199820622noreply@blogger.com