Unfortunately I don’t know anything at all about this literature, but I wouldn’t be surprised if there weren’t many studies. There are certaintly non-altruistic reasons for existing governments to favor schooling as we have it—teaching rule-following, instilling patriotism, ability to mold young minds in a particular kind of way.
My guess would be that there are huge improvements to be had in the ways that most countries do education, and that more experiments would be helpful. More radical education attempts seem valuable.
Unfortunately I don’t know anything at all about this literature, but I wouldn’t be surprised if there weren’t many studies. There are certaintly non-altruistic reasons for existing governments to favor schooling as we have it—teaching rule-following, instilling patriotism, ability to mold young minds in a particular kind of way.
My guess would be that there are huge improvements to be had in the ways that most countries do education, and that more experiments would be helpful. More radical education attempts seem valuable.