As the schools succeeded in incorpo-rating more children, they seemed least successful in educating them.
As expected, students who are attending school don't necessarily mean they 'learn' while there. More than likely, they feel like it's forced or necessary to attend due to the consequences of not attending
And it was this set of be-liefs, deeply informed by a psychology of measurement and expressed in IQ testing, that exerted the most powerful influence on the schools.
IQ testing, as far as I'm aware, isn't the best measure of intelligence, so to think that this is the most powerful influence on schools is very interesting. What made them choose IQ?
Unlike the situation in the rest of the welfare state, educational benefits cannot be tied to employment.
This is interesting as you may want to think that the more we put into education the more 'employment' we get. However, this is not the case.
“welfare state” refers to a collection of programs designed to assure economic security to all citizens by guaranteeing the fundamental necessities of life: food, shelter, medical care, protection in childhood, and support in old age
When I think of the welfare state, I typically think of most of these things, some excluding. However, I never think of education as Welfare. Now that the topic is brought up, I believe that education SHOULD be considered as a welfare program considering how significant it could be for your child's life in developing their character