BusinessWeek – “American schools began failing when they stopped trying to produce citizens and instead just focused on creating mindless consumers with no common sense in the realm of personal finance. We need politically active citizens, not zombies locked into reality TV and American Idol. Whatever happened to teaching rhetoric and grammar? Or how local political processes work? Or how to balance a budget?”
“Is this country the only one in the world that spends a large part of its educational funding on athletics? I realize that for a few,athletics are a wonderful thing; but, is this a cost effective method of education?”
“What Americans lack is the type of education they don’t teach in schools. We are devoid of a basic financial intelligence and a crucial understanding of the way our nation’s financial and political system work.” more> http://twurl.nl/3j2d2x
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