On this episode of The Future Is A Mixtape, Jesse & Matt finally shoot off some long-stored Roman Candles, letting their fireworks rain down on an area of community life they’ve spent an inordinate amount of time living inside of: the looking glass of education. As the fourth node of The Golden Square, education is the capstone of these most basic and essential human rights. It’s hard to imagine any human future that’s vital or dynamic without education’s essential place in the foundation of society. The co-hosts will both celebrate this cornerstone of the Golden Square as well lament its capture and brutalization from Neoliberalism's Extermination Matrix. In the last section of the discussion, Matt & Jesse will blast-out their final volleys of Roman Candles by outlining a utopian future and framework for education that all of humanity so richly deserves. And in this slice of imagineering, our guides will assert that education is a right that should be extended from the cradle to the grave.

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Stephen Jay Gould: “I am somehow less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.” As quoted in New Scientist, March 8, 1979, p. 777

John Rawls and The Veil of Ignorance: A Theory of Justice

Stephen Fry Narrates an Animation About John Rawls’ Idea of The Veil of Ignorance

When Should Kids Learn to Read, Write, and Do Math?

Study: Holding Kids Back A Grade Doesn't Necessarily Hold Them Back

The Beliefs of Jehovah’s Witnesses

Can Jehovah's Witnesses Have Friends Outside Of Their Religion?

Number of Educational Institutions in the U.S.

The War On Teachers: Why the Public is Watching it Happen

George Bush’s Dastardly & Doofus No Child Left Behind

Obama’s Braindead Program for Education With His Race to the Top

In 2006, Finland Ranked #1. Even Though the Results Have Declined, Finland Still Ranks Among the Top Countries.

The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) - 2015 Interactive World Map