Articles of Note From the Metro Business Chronicle Blog
Kirk Thompson explains why education fails to make the grade in Mississippi. Of particular concern is the fact that civil rights education is being promoted over science, math & reading - skills Mississippi public school students definitely need to improve.
How any education superintendent, educator, or school administrator can look at these numbers and argue for more social education in Mississippi schools is also staggering. When less than half of the students are performing at NAEP Basic level, it is time to implement another language arts class, not civil rights education. Are there any more basic skills than reading and math? A child will be unable to learn history from a history book or create a poster of his or her favorite culture if the ability to read has not been developed properly.
Considering that we throw more tax money at education then we do defense the failure of our public schools is alarming. Sadly students were better educated years ago.
A hundred years ago, the average high school student could speak and read both ancient Greek and Latin. Today? Most. Lack. Knowledge. That speaks for itself.
Natalie Criss's article on capitalism is well worth reading. And if you ever doubted the importance of education consider this.
Capitalism is the result of thoughtful, engaged, rational minds. Therefore, paralysis brought on by indecision is the biggest threat to capitalism.
These two article are well worth reading in their entirety so grab a cup of coffee, click on the links and get busy reading.
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