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Given the above signs of signaling, Caplan argues in ch. 5–6 [1] that the selfish return to education is greater than the social return to education, suggesting that greater educational attainment creates a negative externality (p. 198 [1]). In other words, status is zero-sum; skill is not (p. 229 [1]).
Because education plays a role in income, social capital, criminal activity and even the educational attainment of others it becomes possible that a positive feedback loop where the lack of education will perpetuate itself throughout a social class or group. The outcomes can be highly problematic at the K-12 level as well.
A non-curriculum, non-instructional method of teaching was advocated by Neil Postman and Charles Weingartner in their book Teaching as a Subversive Activity.In inquiry education students are encouraged to ask questions which are meaningful to them, and which do not necessarily have easy answers; teachers are encouraged to avoid giving answers.
These examples are on top of more than 30 bills written last year by Republican lawmakers across at least a dozen states, targeting diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in higher education.
There always has been a reason to feel urgency around public education, but maybe never so much as right now. But, there is need for consistent, healthy urgency.
Discrimination in education is the act of discriminating against people belonging to certain demographics in enjoying full right to education. It is a violation of human rights . Education discrimination can be on the basis of ethnicity , nationality , age, gender, race, economic condition, language spoken, caste , disability and religion .
Students who both are special education students and of a minority face unequal chances for quality education to meet their personal needs. Special education referrals are, in most cases in the hands of the general education teacher, this is subjective and because of differences, disabilities can be overlooked or unrecognized.
In the 21st century in the United States, Republican lawmakers have proposed or enacted legislation to censor school curricula that taught about comprehensive sex education, [20] LGBTQ people, [21] higher-order thinking skills, [22] social justice, [23] sexism and racism, [24] and various left-wing political philosophies.