155: No Child Left Behind (and Other Bi-Partisan Education Conspiracies)
School Sucks: Higher Education For Self-Liberation
English - August 06, 2012 20:29 - 1 hour - 61.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 331 ratingsSelf-Improvement Education homeschooling unschooling school alternatives self-directed learning critical thinking media literacy indoctrination Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Topic: A follow-up to our recent shows about behaviorism and educational politics, this episode examines the origins of, and ideologies and motives behind the controversial (yet bi-partisan!) No Child Left Behind legislation of 2002, or 1989, or 1967, or 1933, or 1903, depending on where you start the story.
Bumper Music:
"Waiting For Superman" The Flaming Lips
Look Closer:
The No Child Left Behind Act: A Look at Provisions, Philosophies, and Compromises
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JITE/v41n2/kymes.html
Origins and Purpose of "No Child Left Behind"
http://www.educationanddemocracy.org/Emery/Emery_NCLB.htm
A SHORT ANGRY HISTORY OF AMERICAN FORCED SCHOOLING
http://4brevard.com/choice/Public_Education.htm
The Political Economy of Collective Skill FormationPDF
EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE TYRANNY
http://www.newswithviews.com/Chapman/michael.htm
RICH DAD: The Conspiracy Against Our Education, Why Money is not Taught in Our Schools
http://www.conspiracyoftherich.com/
EdWatch
http://www.edwatch.org/
The Underground History of American Education, by John Taylor Gatto (Chapter 12 - The Daughters of the Barons of Runnemede, Section 15 - The General Education Board And Friends)
http://www.johntaylorgatto.com/chapters/12o.htm
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