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Peter Brimelow, who has two children in public schools, is the editor of VDARE.com and has written extensively about the economics of education in Forbes and Fortune

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Informazioni generali

Data di nascita
1947
Sesso
male
Nazionalità
UK
Canada
USA
Istruzione
University of Sussex
Stanford University
Attività lavorative
journalist
Organizzazioni
Fortune

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The problem is bigger than the initial expectation that led me to read this. Education has been slow to change, recognizing none of the efficiencies in technology or intellectual progress seen in other knowledge-oriented trades. Brimelow examines how the unyielding political weight of the educational union has caused these deficiencies. He also highlights the extreme mis-allocation of resources that has resulted. The U.S. has never exceeded a graduation rate of 77%. We throw more and more dollars toward this metric, dollars which might be better spent on other types of training or other endeavors.… (altro)
 
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jpsnow | 1 altra recensione | Jan 30, 2008 |
This spirited takedown of American teacher's unions is well-written and convincing. Its only fault is the inherently distasteful nature of its subject matter -- as a reader sympathetic to Brimelow's stance, I never the less reached a point where I just didn't want to know much more about the internal workings of the NEA.
 
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mrtall | 1 altra recensione | Nov 27, 2007 |
to Edwin J. Feulner, Esq. Northward the Course of Empire...? Best Wishes Peter Brimelow
 
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efeulner | May 2, 2014 |

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ISBN
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