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Podcast: Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable TruthÂŽ
Episode: How I'd Change Education
Description: Primary and secondary
1 End the âwarehousingâ of children
⢠Chronology is silly and hundreds of years old
⢠Socialization is important, but not at this cost
⢠Move kids as they learn
⢠Measure learning by outcomes: application, tests, etc.
2. Stop defaulting to college educations
⢠Prepare for a range of employment opportunities
⢠I sat next to too many duds in college
⢠Teach life skills: civics, account management, do-it-yourself repairs (remember shop and home economics)
⢠Growing tendency to hire competence and not credentials
3. End the teachersâ unions control of schools
⢠Introduce carrots and sticks for teachers
⢠The Rubber Room in New York City
⢠Albert Shankerâs quote
⢠Randi Weingartenâs $...