The Asian Model of Education

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The asian model of education is driven by rich parents paying to get their kids into the best schools and so on. The idea that education has no meaning unless it moves you through the system to ever higher levels of exclusivity isn't a view i can embrace, he says. "We always ask kids, what do we what do you want to do? What do you want to make?" asks Saje sae.

Michael Shermer speaks with Chris Edwards about educational reform, his study and teaching of world history, the problems in K–12 education, the zip-code model vs. the seat time model of education and how they result in massively different educational outcomes, how “no child left behind” left children behind, federal vs. state educational systems, cheating scandals and what to do about them, the future of education in a world of free (or nearly free) online learning, comparing the U.S. educational system to other countries. Shermer and Edwards also discuss thought experiments, based on Edwards’ latest book, Thought Experiments: History and Applications for Education.