Poverty and Testing in Education: “The Present Scientifico-legal Complex”
by: Paul Thomas, The Daily Censored | News Analysis
Part I: Poverty
Jim Taylor has entered the poverty and education debate by asking US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and billionaire/education entrepreneur Bill Gates a direct question:
“I really don’t understand you two, the US Secretary of Education and the world’s second richest man and noted philanthropist. How can you possibly say that public education can be reformed without eliminating poverty?”
Taylor’s discussion comes to an important element in the debate when he addresses Gates: “Because without understanding the causes of problems, we can’t find solutions,” explains Taylor