@dianeravitch "Knowledge and skills are both important, as is learning to think, debate, and question. A well-educated person has a well-furnished mind, shaped by reading and thinking about history, science, literature, the arts, and politics. The well-educated person has learned how to explain ideas and listen respectfully to others." (pg 16)

By this definition, a well-educated person is docile & obedient. It also excludes other critical literacies such as media literacy which arguably is a critical skill as online media is driving radical social, political, cultural, and economic change. It leads people like your prodigy Diane Senechal to outright reject the importance of teaching students how to responsibly and effectively use technology. It also is greatly biased toward an authoritative view of what constitutes a "well-educated" person. Can't a person be both heretical and well-educated at the same time?

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