‘Why in the world shouldn’t kids learn this at home? Is it really the school’s job to teach children to do laundry?’

Listen to Devin and Shannons Take on if the school should teach kids to do laundry! University of Virginia cognitive scientist Daniel Willingham sparked a lively Twitter conversation about the purpose of school with his tweet about whether schools should teach kids how to do their laundry. He wrote: Why in the world shouldn’t kids learn this at home? Is it really the school’s job to teach children to do laundry? Willingham, a well-regarded psychology professor who focuses his research on the application of cognitive psychology to education and the author of several books (including “Why Don’t Students Like School?”), was referring in his tweet to an article in Forbes magazine titled “Five Things High Schoolers Need To Know More Than Computer Science.” Full Article here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/02/20/why-world-shouldnt-kids-learn-this-home-is-it-really-schools-job-teach-children-do-laundry/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.702ca4dd9adb