An assembly-line education

Alan Rosenberg:

The headline for Cathy N. Davidson's Sept. 25 Outlook commentary ["A Model T test in the Internet age"] is the right analogy for multiple-choice tests. But why stop there?

All of American education has come to resemble Henry Ford's assembly line. Students receive a standardized education. Teachers work as quickly as possible as the product moves by to put in those parts deemed necessary by the administration. Quality-control inspectors watch the workers to make sure they are doing everything as dictated by the owner's manual. In the past decade, the line has been sped up, the workers are asked to add more bells and whistles, and the raw material at the beginning of the line has decreased in quality. Administration continues to raise output goals yet cuts pay and benefits. The workers have little choice but to comply.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at September 29, 2011 1:18 AM
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