tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7072440028440011959.post200915817021960382..comments2024-03-20T04:06:14.857-04:00Comments on Education Outrage: Some of the dumbest remarks on education ever (by Bill Gates); My repliesRoger Schankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14567989582447087635noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7072440028440011959.post-26594517632579944442014-10-06T13:42:00.832-04:002014-10-06T13:42:00.832-04:00Nice overview of many of the problems with what Ga...Nice overview of many of the problems with what Gates says. But I think you took too short a look at:<br /><br />“If you have a high SAT score going in, [the university] is not going to make you dumber. I’d like to see an output measure. I’d like to see a university and say, ‘We took kids with a 400 SAT score and they were super smart when they left our university,’ not, ‘We were sure they were smart when they came in, and we didn’t damage them.”<br /><br />No question that the measurement implied in this statement is silly and harmful. But it does say something about the paradox of the university education bubble. Oxbridge is another example. It's easy being a leading university if you only select the best people and then put them all together. <br /><br />Of course, that's why so many charter schools are doing the same thing. So Bill can be hoisted by his own petard. But the notion that liberation through learning is part of schooling is worth preserving.Dominik Lukešhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03071876778771965740noreply@blogger.com