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Caplan: Schools should replace credentialed teachers with enthusiastic young non-graduates
“So, basically, it seems like we'd go and replace a lot of teachers from, you know, better schools, and with master's degrees, and with more experience, with just enthusiastic, fun, young teachers. You know, maybe people haven't even finished high school.”
Caplan: The ideal educational model is complete separation of school and state
“I think the best would be separation of school and state. And just get government out of education entirely.”
Caplan: The existing education system ignores research on effective teaching methods
“The striking thing is that the existing system has almost no interest in this research.”
Caplan: Cut public education budgets by one-third and fund vocational training
“The system where they cut overall spending by a third, and then reallocate, say, half of the money that we currently spend in junior and high school to vocational education. That seems like a very, very reasonable revision.”
Caplan: Subsidizing higher education in developing nations can destroy economic value
“And normally when third world countries spend a lot of money on tertiary education, often you, like, you wind up getting something more like the Egyptian result, where I think the government employs like 80% of college graduates. And of course, and you need th…”