Download Audiobook The Myths of Meritocracy: A Revisionist History Education Anthology by Malcolm Gladwell in English

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A compendium about considered one of host Malcolm Gladwell’s best obsessions: schooling.Malcolm Gladwell has lengthy relished the chance to skewer the higher echelons of upper schooling, from the establishment of U.S. Information & World Report’s Finest Faculty rankings to the LSATs to the luxe Bowdoin Faculty cafeteria. The Myths of Meritocracy: A Revisionist Historical past Schooling Anthology upends the normal considering round how schooling ought to work and tries to resolve why we regularly reward the improper individuals. The upper schooling system follows a hierarchy that was created to primarily profit top-tier, elite, well-off college students, however Gladwell desires to learn how we will do a greater job at educating the center and make schooling extra reasonably priced, truthful, and open to all. Why is Gladwell so obsessive about American schooling? The foreword and afterword of The Myths of Meritocracy explains, framing this fastidiously curated number of Revisionist Historical past episodes. Should you’ve by no means listened to Revisionist Historical past, this assortment is a considerate introduction to the long-running podcast, and if you happen to’re already a fan, it permits for cautious re-examination of the essential points at hand: how do we actually decide what issues most in relation to educating our youngsters? Please notice: This assortment consists of content material that has been launched within the podcast collection.