Education Reform
Education Reform I have always been frustrated when institutions did not run as well as they could. In ninth grade, a letter I wrote to my school cooks about cafeteria food got me kicked out of the lunch line for a week. Another letter to my English teacher about her teaching method turned into a running debate about different philosophies of education. That thick-skinned teacher eventually pointed me toward Ivan Illich’s Deschooling Society . Ever since, whenever I saw inefficiency in school, I sketched out how it could work better. I once thought about becoming a teacher, but my uncle’s advice echoed in my head: “How can you teach others how to make it in the world until you have?” The Idea Stock Exchange (ISE) grew from that impulse: to collect reasons, test assumptions, and evaluate reforms with transparent pro/con lists rather than with slogans or political tribes. Below are education reform beliefs expressed in debate-ready statements , allowing anyone to agree, disag...