I mean, I think the entire system of western education is built on such a flawed premise that it's better to shelve it all and focus on more independent and home/community focused learning so that those that show the initiative can grow more without the restrictions of state education whereas those that don't care to seek further development can survive their own way.
But that's my more pessimistic view on education thanks to the amount of force fed propaganda I see.
At the very least, a total redesign; we don't need factory workers, after all.
I've been homeschooling for a few years, and I love it, but there are some limitations. I'd honestly rather have a local school, like we have now, where parents are simply much more involved.
Ideally, every class would have a teacher with training on how to prepare lessons and create exercises. The teacher would have 2-3 parents assisting them by working with the kids individually, who would rotate so that every parent would have to put in some time. As I mentioned elsewhere, classes would have the same kids K through 8 so the parents and teachers would build a raport over the years, promoting culture.
With these highly trained teachers and hands-on parents, curricula could be designed at the school level based on State-wide standard tests. Exchanges could be done with schools who consistently score high on tests to create best practice guidelines to help schools that are struggling.
Well you can't do that with cookie cutter public schools. People seem to want to make our schools even more uniform, envious of tiny countries whose uniformity transcends the schoolhouse. No one tells us to emulate the countries our own size and larger. If that's too few countries for you, then allow for somewhat smaller ones, too. Just once you get to the size of a single state or smaller you better be comparing to the best state in the country.
I mean, I think the entire system of western education is built on such a flawed premise that it's better to shelve it all and focus on more independent and home/community focused learning so that those that show the initiative can grow more without the restrictions of state education whereas those that don't care to seek further development can survive their own way.
But that's my more pessimistic view on education thanks to the amount of force fed propaganda I see.
At the very least, a total redesign; we don't need factory workers, after all.
I've been homeschooling for a few years, and I love it, but there are some limitations. I'd honestly rather have a local school, like we have now, where parents are simply much more involved.
Ideally, every class would have a teacher with training on how to prepare lessons and create exercises. The teacher would have 2-3 parents assisting them by working with the kids individually, who would rotate so that every parent would have to put in some time. As I mentioned elsewhere, classes would have the same kids K through 8 so the parents and teachers would build a raport over the years, promoting culture.
With these highly trained teachers and hands-on parents, curricula could be designed at the school level based on State-wide standard tests. Exchanges could be done with schools who consistently score high on tests to create best practice guidelines to help schools that are struggling.
Well you can't do that with cookie cutter public schools. People seem to want to make our schools even more uniform, envious of tiny countries whose uniformity transcends the schoolhouse. No one tells us to emulate the countries our own size and larger. If that's too few countries for you, then allow for somewhat smaller ones, too. Just once you get to the size of a single state or smaller you better be comparing to the best state in the country.