Re: The Elite College Students Who Can't Read Books

On 07 Oct 2024 02:37:26 -0300, Mike Spencer
<mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:

So it's not just Xitter, tech and cell phones.

But, time in the saddle is required to ride a horse....as I mentioned,
younger ones will stumble when  interpreting a road map.

When I got to university, the newest big building on campus was the
education department.

Google AI Overview

1867
President Andrew Johnson signed legislation to create the Department
of Education to collect information about schools and advise them. The
National Teachers Association (now the National Education Association)
lobbied for its creation.

1868
Congress demoted the Department of Education to an office within the
Department of the Interior after a dispute over federal involvement in
education.

1939
The agency was transferred to the Federal Security Agency and renamed
the Office of Education.

1953
The Office of Education was upgraded to Cabinet status.

1979
President Jimmy Carter signed legislation to establish the current ED.
The ED is now considered the smallest Cabinet-level department, with
around 5,000 employees.

1983
The Reagan administration released the report "A Nation at Risk",
which questioned whether American schools were preparing students for
the workforce.


Other notable events in the history of education include:

    The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 provided federal land grants to
establish educational institutions.

    The Morrill Act of 1862 provided land grants to states to fund
colleges that focused on agricultural and mechanical studies.

    The New Deal in the 1930s funded educational activities such as
school construction, teacher hiring, and loans to school districts.