Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Some Questions on Education, Business, and Power


I don't think anybody anywhere can talk about the future of their people or of an organization without talking about education. Whoever controls the education of our children controls our future. --Wilma Mankiller, first woman elected Chief of the Cherokee Nation

(Thanks, Education for Liberation and NYCore for including this quote in your Plan Book.)

"Ford Motor Company would not have survived the competition had it not been for an emphasis on results. We must view education the same way," the U.S. Secretary of Education declared in 2003.
That's a pretty scary statement.

Who runs our schools? The biggest names:
Is a business mentality the solution to our troubled education system? Should hedge fund managers be running charter schools? What happens when we place test results as the bottom line? 



1 comment:

Dave said...

Do you have to have experience in the classroom to know how to make schools effective? I'm not sure. Are you?