education
3 statements across 3 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement May 30, 2017 by Rory Sutherland · across every show →
Everything said about education, oldest first
May 30, 2017
Sutherland: Middle-class values function primarily as costly commitment devices
“Nearly all middle class values, if you think about it, from everything like education is very largely a commitment device. Our preparedness to engage in, kind of, costly commitment devices or signaling Is basically in sort of indication of middle class probity…”
Oct 4, 2022 negative
Stanley: Complex problems like education cannot be solved by direct metric optimization
“We cannot make progress in certain kinds of extremely complex problems, which education is one of those. Simply by just laying out some assessment system and then trying to follow it towards this global objective, which is just incredibly complex to get to.”
Dec 12, 2023
Assaiante: Educators must share all perspectives so students decide for themselves
“If you have a tree that's bent to the left and you want the tree to grow straight, you don't tie the tree straight. You bend it to the right and then the tree finds the middle. I think we have to share all perspectives and let the kids make up their own minds.”