"Schools operate by the slogan ‘education!’ while ordinary language asks what children ‘learn’". -Ivan Illich
Teach For America, Awhile: Ivy League Temps and Corporate MissionariesKIPP and TFA have formed, then, a marriage that is mutually supportive and sustaining, and both organizations are now fed by the same deep institutional revenue streams that flow toward social manipulation, privatization of public spaces, and limitless tax credits. Wendy Kopp, CEO and Founder of TFA, is married, you see, to KIPP’s CEO, Richard Barth.
Intelligence theory stolen by magpieThere is often vast amounts of silent evidence. Vast numbers of factors that have not yet been tested. There is always a black swan looming
Once a week for a year, Mr D. is going to share an essential lesson submitted by teachers, for teachers. 52 different "mini-lessons" will answer the question of matter.
University of the People - providing low cost online degree courses worldwideThe University of the People will "open its doors" and plans at this stage to charge only nominal application fee ($15-$50) and examination fees ($10-$100), which will be adjusted on a sliding scale based on the student’s country of origin
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