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		sabat on May 21, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cory Doctorow: Our dangerous statistical ignorance And when a large proportion of families (broken, dysfunctional, otherwise unable) fail to teach kids what's important: what then?

aggieben on May 21, 2008 | [–]

I don't know many good answers to that question - but in my bones I know that the federal government isn't one of them.

graywh on May 21, 2008 | | [–]

People didn't worry about that (i.e. formal education systems) until only recently, but I guess what's "important" has gotten more complex and the rate of "dysfunction" has increased.

helveticaman on June 7, 2008 | [–]

What now?

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