smallcircles,
@smallcircles@social.coop avatar

Ah, the glory of 💰

Good reminder by Arjen Lubach on TV yesterday..

The Dutch finally fell from near top to rock bottom among other EU countries in teaching kids proper reading and writing skills.

Now prepare to go much further down the drain as the remaining 6 corporations that keep a tight Education oligopoly still see a lotta 🤑 📈 potential, and neoliberal 'regulators' will remain conveniently ineffective, complicit.

We need both education content and software.

smallcircles,
@smallcircles@social.coop avatar

In a nutshell what's the issue in this oligopoly?

4 publishers create ALL books + related material as 'education methods' prescribed for schools, 2 corporations do the distribution.

Their incentive is simple. An education method must be outdated asap, be as elaborate as possible for extra profits.

Whether these methods work? No one knows. No one checks. Sometimes we know they don't work but no one regulates. This problem exists decades, is not acted upon by anyone.

Free markets. Festering.

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