Klarinet Archive - Posting 000315.txt from 2002/09

From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl]Benefits of Arts Education
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 12:50:19 -0400

On Wed, 18 Sep 2002, Anthony Wakefield wrote:

> Where is education leading us? Could it be that the state could sell off
> school education to the private sector, thus allowing conglomerates like
> MicroSoft, for example, to impose their own curriculum upon students of
> all ages.

That's already happening (in a sense) in the US - see
http://www.edisonschools.com/ for one. Whether such private/public sector
combinations are effective remains to be seen, but it has gotten some
complacent school districts "off their duff", so to speak.

Mark C.

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