Klarinet Archive - Posting 000335.txt from 2002/09

From: "Anthony Wakefield" <tony-w@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl]Benefits of Arts Education
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 04:38:02 -0400

From: "Mark Charette"

> 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.

I had a brief look at edison. From 5 to 10 years of age, the arts has 45
minutes every other day. It doesn`t state whether this is twice or thrice a
week. At 11 to 12 there is no arts or music scheduled. There IS scheduled,
career counceling. CAREER COUNCELING - AT AGE 11 AND 12!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tony W.

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