Continuing Discussion of Anti-intellectualism

Episode 177
Episode 176

Related links to our rambling talk:

More people should not go to college and should be able to find meaningful employment without a 4 year degree.  From PBS  From Slate

From the Washington Post:
...[H]ere’s what the Republican Party of Texas wrote into its 2012 platform as part of the section on education:

Knowledge-Based Education – We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) (values clarification), critical thinking skills and similar programs that are simply a relabeling of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) (mastery learning) which focus on behavior modification and have the purpose of challenging the student’s fixed beliefs and undermining parental authority.
 

Yes, you read that right. The party opposes the teaching of “higher order thinking skills” because it believes the purpose is to challenge a student’s “fixed beliefs” and undermine “parental authority.”

Beshear on Bevin's cuts to higher education.
Stumbo on Bevin's cuts to higher education.