It's the Teacher, Stupid! Thoughts on Restructuring Educa...
Melcher, Pierson F.
While politicians call for better standardized test scores, more security, The Ten Commandments in every classroom, compulsory classes in Patriotism, and other meaningless solutions to 21st century problems, the 19th century "system" of public education, which absorbs and then spits out all attempts to reform it, goes right on churning out its hapless graduates with meaningless diplomas. As in all huge bureaucracies, self-preservation has supp...