The Education Trap: No, Not Even Education Can Solve Poverty

[basquebromance]

one of the most persistent ideas in US politics has been that education is the best solution to inequality. it’s not persistent because it’s true...it’s persistent because it’s a useful myth for political and economic elites jealously guarding their money and power.

There is a long history of viewing education as a solution to inequality that goes back to Horace Mann in the mid-nineteenth century, who calls education “the great equalizer.”

The problem was that many domestic workers and other low-wage workers didn’t have time to go to these schools. It also ignored the reasons that many African Americans were stuck in low-wage positions: not because they didn’t have enough skills or because of their education level, but because of racism in the labor market

 

[progressive hunter]

one of the most persistent ideas in US politics has been that education is the best solution to inequality. it’s not persistent because it’s true...it’s persistent because it’s a useful myth for political and economic elites jealously guarding their money and power.

There is a long history of viewing education as a solution to inequality that goes back to Horace Mann in the mid-nineteenth century, who calls education “the great equalizer.”

The problem was that many domestic workers and other low-wage workers didn’t have time to go to these schools. It also ignored the reasons that many African Americans were stuck in low-wage positions: not because they didn’t have enough skills or because of their education level, but because of racism in the labor market

that all depends on what you mean by education,,, a basic high school education will always help but a college one is seldom needed for basic success,,,

 

[pknopp]

one of the most persistent ideas in US politics has been that education is the best solution to inequality. it’s not persistent because it’s true...it’s persistent because it’s a useful myth for political and economic elites jealously guarding their money and power.

There is a long history of viewing education as a solution to inequality that goes back to Horace Mann in the mid-nineteenth century, who calls education “the great equalizer.”

The problem was that many domestic workers and other low-wage workers didn’t have time to go to these schools. It also ignored the reasons that many African Americans were stuck in low-wage positions: not because they didn’t have enough skills or because of their education level, but because of racism in the labor market

that all depends on what you mean by education,,, a basic high school education will always help but a college one is seldom needed for basic success,,,

Unless you want to be a doctor, lawyer, engineer, accountant, nurse, teacher, etc, etc, etc.

But no, education alone will not fix our problems.

 

[progressive hunter]

one of the most persistent ideas in US politics has been that education is the best solution to inequality. it’s not persistent because it’s true...it’s persistent because it’s a useful myth for political and economic elites jealously guarding their money and power.

There is a long history of viewing education as a solution to inequality that goes back to Horace Mann in the mid-nineteenth century, who calls education “the great equalizer.”

The problem was that many domestic workers and other low-wage workers didn’t have time to go to these schools. It also ignored the reasons that many African Americans were stuck in low-wage positions: not because they didn’t have enough skills or because of their education level, but because of racism in the labor market

that all depends on what you mean by education,,, a basic high school education will always help but a college one is seldom needed for basic success,,,

Unless you want to be a doctor, lawyer, engineer, accountant, nurse, teacher, etc, etc, etc.

But no, education alone will not fix our problems.

those arent basic are they???

 

[pknopp]

one of the most persistent ideas in US politics has been that education is the best solution to inequality. it’s not persistent because it’s true...it’s persistent because it’s a useful myth for political and economic elites jealously guarding their money and power.

There is a long history of viewing education as a solution to inequality that goes back to Horace Mann in the mid-nineteenth century, who calls education “the great equalizer.”

The problem was that many domestic workers and other low-wage workers didn’t have time to go to these schools. It also ignored the reasons that many African Americans were stuck in low-wage positions: not because they didn’t have enough skills or because of their education level, but because of racism in the labor market

that all depends on what you mean by education,,, a basic high school education will always help but a college one is seldom needed for basic success,,,

Unless you want to be a doctor, lawyer, engineer, accountant, nurse, teacher, etc, etc, etc.

But no, education alone will not fix our problems.

those arent basic are they???

I'm sure you think inane rambling is a valid reply. It's not.

 

[Damaged Eagle]

It's about who you are not what you know.

*****SMILE*****

 

[Moonglow]

one of the most persistent ideas in US politics has been that education is the best solution to inequality. it’s not persistent because it’s true...it’s persistent because it’s a useful myth for political and economic elites jealously guarding their money and power.

There is a long history of viewing education as a solution to inequality that goes back to Horace Mann in the mid-nineteenth century, who calls education “the great equalizer.”

The problem was that many domestic workers and other low-wage workers didn’t have time to go to these schools. It also ignored the reasons that many African Americans were stuck in low-wage positions: not because they didn’t have enough skills or because of their education level, but because of racism in the labor market

You can only experience any wealth when you crate a massively popular consumer product.

 

[progressive hunter]

one of the most persistent ideas in US politics has been that education is the best solution to inequality. it’s not persistent because it’s true...it’s persistent because it’s a useful myth for political and economic elites jealously guarding their money and power.

There is a long history of viewing education as a solution to inequality that goes back to Horace Mann in the mid-nineteenth century, who calls education “the great equalizer.”

The problem was that many domestic workers and other low-wage workers didn’t have time to go to these schools. It also ignored the reasons that many African Americans were stuck in low-wage positions: not because they didn’t have enough skills or because of their education level, but because of racism in the labor market

that all depends on what you mean by education,,, a basic high school education will always help but a college one is seldom needed for basic success,,,

Unless you want to be a doctor, lawyer, engineer, accountant, nurse, teacher, etc, etc, etc.

But no, education alone will not fix our problems.

those arent basic are they???

I'm sure you think inane rambling is a valid reply. It's not.

so being a doctor or lawyer are basic things people do???

 

[initforme]

Depends what basic success is. Remember 50 grand today will not do much at all. Fact. Although some say for that well you should bust it. Pffft. Wrong in all aspects.

 

[Oddball]

one of the most persistent ideas in US politics has been that education is the best solution to inequality. it’s not persistent because it’s true...it’s persistent because it’s a useful myth for political and economic elites jealously guarding their money and power.

There is a long history of viewing education as a solution to inequality that goes back to Horace Mann in the mid-nineteenth century, who calls education “the great equalizer.”

The problem was that many domestic workers and other low-wage workers didn’t have time to go to these schools. It also ignored the reasons that many African Americans were stuck in low-wage positions: not because they didn’t have enough skills or because of their education level, but because of racism in the labor market

that all depends on what you mean by education,,, a basic high school education will always help but a college one is seldom needed for basic success,,,

Nobody is getting educated in K-12 either.....Dullards on the job site can't tell you whether 1/2" or 5/8" is bigger, and smoke blows out the ears of the cashier whom you hand $5.06 for something that cost $4.81 at Target.

Thread premise is completely bogus.

 

[Unkotare]

.....
Nobody is getting educated in K-12 either........

Because you didn't?

 

[DGS49]

There are two viewpoints that I would like to suggest.

First, EDUCATION has been one of two main factors (the other being ENTREPRENEURSHIP) that has elevated generation after generation of immigrants into the middle class. There are millions of people who came over here, worked their asses off to get their kids into college, only to see them become doctors, CPA's, engineers, accountants, and so forth. WIthin two generations, whole families are completely in the economic mainstream.

Second, a hundred years ago there were highly intelligent, motivated, creative people who were terminally poor, with almost no avenues to economic improvement. The growth of the education "industry" and the various ways to finance higher education brought those people out of the so-called "bottom quintile" and into the economic stratum that their talents warranted.

These days, however, such people are not around in such large numbers. Most people who are long-term poor are there for a reason.