On: The EdTech Revolution Has Failed

[williamcotton]

There are concrete objectives for educating a voting public in a democracy that would be entirely unserved by this proposal.

[miningape → williamcotton]

They're not any harder to manipulate once educated

[snowfarthing → miningape]

I have seen the cynical observation, made more than once over the years, that an uneducated population is easier to manipulate, and thus it's only natural for government-run schools to get worse over time.