010: Squaring the Golden Square: Education

On this episode of The Future Is A Mixtape, Jesse & Matt finally shoot off some long-stored Roman Candles, letting their fireworks rain down on an area of community life they've spent an inordinate amount of time living inside of: the looking glass of education. As the fourth node of The Golden Square, education is the capstone of these most basic and essential human rights. It's hard to imagine any human future that's vital or dynamic without education's essential place in the foundation of society. The co-hosts will both celebrate this cornerstone of the Golden Square as well lament its capture and brutalization from Neoliberalism's Extermination Matrix. In the last section of the discussion, Matt & Jesse will blast-out their final volleys of Roman Candles by outlining a utopian future and framework for education that all of humanity so richly deserves. And in this slice of imagineering, our guides will assert that education is a right that should be extended from the cradle to the grave. Mentioned In This Episode: Stephen Jay Gould: "I am somehow less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops." As quoted in New Scientist, March 8, 1979, p. 777    John Rawls and The Veil of Ignorance: A Theory of Justice   Stephen Fry Narrates an Animation About John Rawls' Idea of The Veil of Ignorance   When Should Kids Learn to Read, Write, and Do Math?   Study: Holding Kids Back A Grade Doesn't Necessarily Hold Them Back   The Beliefs of Jehovah's Witnesses   Can Jehovah's Witnesses Have Friends Outside Of Their Religion?   Number of Educational Institutions in the U.S.   The War On Teachers: Why the Public is Watching it Happen   George Bush's Dastardly & Doofus No Child Left Behind   Obama's Braindead Program for Education With His Race to the Top   In 2006, Finland Ranked #1. Even Though the Results Have Declined, Finland Still Ranks Among the Top Countries.   The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) - 2015 Interactive World Map   U.S. Students' Academic Achievement Still Lags That of Their Peers in Many Other Countries The 2017 Condition of Education Report LARPing: Live Action RolePlaying - The Future of Education? Study: Suspensions Harm 'Well-Behaved' Kids Chart: See 20 Years of Tuition Growth at National Universities Tuition and Fees and Room and Board over Time, 1976-77 to 2016-17 'The Tuition Is Too Damn High' The Student Loan Debt Crisis in 9 Charts Student Loan Debt Statistics 2017 Student Loans Owned and Securitized, Outstanding State Cuts to Higher Education Threaten Quality and Affordability at Public Colleges Who Got Rich Off The Student Debt Crisis Noam Chomsky: The Death of American Universities Henry A. Giroux - Thinking Dangerously: The Role of Higher Education in Authoritarian Times University of California: State Spending on Corrections and Education The High Salaries & Lavish Benefits of University Administrators Benjamin Ginsberg in Washington Monthly: "Administrators Ate My Tuition" The Utopia Of Rules By David Graeber Daniel Pink - "Autonomy, Mastery & Purpose" 10 Ultra-Successful Millionaire and Billionaire College Dropouts Famous Directors Who Never Went to Film School UC Davis Chancellor Resigns After Pepper-Spray Scandal Lecture by David Graeber: Resistance In A Time Of Total Bureaucratization Ken Robinson: Changing Education Paradigms   Feel Free to Contact Jesse & Matt on the Following Spaces & Places: Email Us: [email protected] Find Us Via Our Website: The Future Is A Mixtape Or Lollygagging on Social Networks: Facebook Twitter Instagram