A Mathematician’s Lament
A musician wakes from a terrible nightmare. In his dream he finds himself in a society where music education has been made mandatory. “We are helping our students become more competitive in an increasingly sound-filled world.” Educators, school systems, and the state are put in ...
Schooling the World: The White Man’s Last Burden
If you wanted to change an ancient culture in a generation, how would you do it? You would change the way it educates its children.