[Jo Nuvark]

If you mean schools are not allowed to
function naturally, are heavily regulated,
unionized, agendized and outsourced...?

Then yes, schools are like factories.

[beethovenfan]

Factories turning out seriously defective products.

[cripplecreek]

They are factories pumping out little marxists.

The "We Are One" teachers toolkit is going to colleges and high schools around the nation.

Teachers Toolkit (pdf)

Included with the toolkit is this handy "Student pledge form"

AS A STUDENT who believes in acting collectively and who supports workers’ right to bargain for good jobs and a better life, I am interested in doing one or more of the following (please check all that apply):

I want to connect with the union movement on my campus or in my community.

I want to help organize a teach-in like today’s for others on my campus or on a different campus.

I want to support workers’ organizing and collective bargaining struggles on my campus and in my community.

I want to learn about the AFL-CIO’s Organizing Institute programs. Please e-mail me information.

I would like to become a member of Working America, the community and student affiliate of the AFL-CIO. (www.workingamerica.org)

I would like to talk to someone about becoming an organizer for Working America.

[Clintonfatigued]

This has been public knowlege for many years, at least for those who know where to look for it.

[GeronL]

Shoddy goods.

Maybe we need to import Chinese kids??

/s

[Da Coyote]

I propose a test...

Start a school populated by oldsters who have real degrees...not education degrees. No unions.

Compare it to any union run, moronic education degree holders.

Wanna guess which students get the best education?

[ken21]

the high screw near where we live looks like a prison.

the future of education is learning on the internet.

as more people realize that perps are mis-teaching their

kids, their opt for keeping their kids at home.

[achilles2000]

Overall, government education is a factory model of education. Of course, the quality of the output will be determined by those in control. In the case of government schools, the factory resembles the assembly line for cakes that Lucy and Ethel worked on.

More seriously, the emphasis on “creativity” is merely an attempt to cover for failure and intellectual sabotage. The system cannot be fixed. The public needs to be told the full truth: government schooling is a “tale” told by idiots, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. In other words, tell them that the government system needs to end now.