Perspectives No. 83 - On Education

Perspectives No. 83 - On Education

No. 83 FEBRUARY 2007

On Education

The following series of articles by Charles Murray were published recently in the Wall Street Journal Editorial Page:

Intelligence in the Classroom
Half of all children are below average, and teachers can do only so much for them
16 January 2007
Education is becoming the preferred method for diagnosing and attacking a wide range of problems in American life… Hardly anyone will admit it, but education's role in causing or solving any problem cannot be evaluated without considering the underlying intellectual ability of the people being educated… Click here to read article

What’s wrong with Vocational School?
Too many Americans are going to college
17 January 2007
There is no magic point at which a genuine college-level education becomes an option, but anything below an IQ of 110 is problematic. If you want to do well, you should have an IQ of 115 or higher. Put another way, it makes sense for only about 15% of the population, 25% if one stretches it, to get a college education… Click here to read article

Aztecs vs. Greeks
Those with superior intelligence need to learn to be wise
18 January 2007
The problem with the education of the gifted involves not their professional training, but their training as citizens… The encouragement of wisdom requires mastery of analytical building blocks. The gifted must assimilate the details of grammar and syntax and the details of logical fallacies not because they will need them to communicate in daily life, but because these are indispensable for precise thinking at an advanced level… Click here to read article

ENDS