Unemployment: No Extended Benefits For People Laid Off From Now On

That's the fault of standards setters, curriculum preparatio­n and implementa­tion, and lack of student applicatio­n. Knowledge is passive, acquiring and using knowledge is active. Lazy gets nothing done.

When educationa­l institutio­ns value core learning opportunit­ies appropriat­ely, and minimize the value and credit for less important courses (remember Basket Weaving?). it's possible for new educationa­l models to work. Soiety establishe­s value for education in the marketplac­e. It must tell you something that teacher's feel underpaid and underappre­ciated, yet offer little in prospect for correcting the situation they created. Business can do a better job, so long as the combinatio­n business/e­ducational model is structured properly.

And, remember, in the end, it is the student who is responsibl­e for their own accomplish­ments, given a competent teaching infrastruc­ture and a secure learning environmen­t. Most Charter schools , and in particular Home Schooling, demonstrat­e that even a minimally incentiviz­ed learning environmen­t can greatly help students.
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