I never called it a conspiracy. Those were not my words.
People in power prefer constituents that produce wealth while being easy to control. That's just a fact of logistics. Encouraging education and arts that benefit critical thinking does not produce those results.
Encouraging education that relies on rote memorization does produce those results. So the people in power naturally choose the solution that best fits their own self interests. No conspiracy required.
That is why No Child Left behind was enacted. That's why the changes in Common Core (at least for mathematics) would make any mathematician lose their shit.
The evolutionary nature of a system does not require groups 'conspiring' in order to vote collectively on beneficial traits. It happens naturally.
People in power prefer constituents that produce wealth while being easy to control. That's just a fact of logistics. Encouraging education and arts that benefit critical thinking does not produce those results.
Encouraging education that relies on rote memorization does produce those results. So the people in power naturally choose the solution that best fits their own self interests. No conspiracy required.
That is why No Child Left behind was enacted. That's why the changes in Common Core (at least for mathematics) would make any mathematician lose their shit.
The evolutionary nature of a system does not require groups 'conspiring' in order to vote collectively on beneficial traits. It happens naturally.