美国教育内幕
Inside American education
Thomas Sowell · 初版 1992 年
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杰出经济学家兼社会评论家Thomas Sowell指出，我们依靠税收支撑、在美国社会中近乎独立存在的庞大教育体制帝国，在道德与智识层面已经彻底破产。在这场对美国教育管理不善的机构、犬儒主义的领导层以及充满偏向性的课程所展开的全面检视中，Sowell揭露了众多“欺瞒与教条”，正是它们掩盖或企图为全美教育标准与实践的急剧恶化与高度危险的滑坡进行辩护。在美国教育诸多更为严重的弊端中，包括
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他在教育的重要性以及美国教育现状堪忧这点上说得很对，但我并不认为私立板块就解决不了这个问题。《美国教育的内幕》（Inside American Education，http://www.amazon.com/Inside-American-Education-Thomas-Sowel...）是一本剖析我们当前体制的极有意思的书（虽然成书于1992年，稍微有点过时）。
He's right about the importance of education and the poor state of it in the US, but I'm not convinced that the private sector can't handle it. Inside American Education (http://www.amazon.com/Inside-American-Education-Thomas-Sowel...) is a really interesting book on what our current system is like (although a bit dated, it's from 1992).
……我们那所小小的文理学院，拥有的资源都远超欧洲任何一所大学。就连这里的公立大学也会在非教学学术开支上砸巨资，远超其他国家。索维尔（Sowell）在《美国教育的内幕》里就讨论过这点。减轻债务负担并让偿还更高额贷款变得更容易，实际上是在变相激励高校去争抢那些如今出得起更高学费的学生
…our tiny liberal arts college was way better than any college resources of europe. Even public universities here spend tons on non academic costs. Way more than other countries. Sowell covers this in 'inside American education'. Alleviating debt and making it easier to pay more expensive loans incentivizes colleges to compete to attract students who can now affors higher price points
……这些课程构成了负向淘汰门槛，因为它们把真正有能力的人拒之门外。这简直是倒退版的达尔文主义，最不称职的反倒最有可能在公立学校教师的岗位上生存下来。”托马斯·索维尔，《美国教育的内幕》，第25-26页
…courses are negative barriers, in the sense that they keep out the competent. It is Darwinism stood on its head, with the unfittest being most likely to survive as public school teachers." Thomas Sowell, Inside American Education, p.25-6
> 在非斯坦福的大学学微积分，结果可能会截然不同。托马斯·索维尔在《美国教育的内幕》中指出，无视 SAT 成绩硬把学生拔高推进更难的大学，根本不是在帮他们。面对那些 SAT 成绩高出两三百分的同学能承受的高强度灌输式教学（firehose-pedagogy），这帮学生可能会完全……
> Taking Calculus at not-Stanford may have led to a very different result. Thomas Sowell, in Inside American Education, argues that promoting students to more difficult colleges while ignoring SATs is not doing those students any favor. A firehose-pedagogy accepted by those with SAT scores 200-300 points higher can completely…