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no time at the moment--but this is an interesting topic.
education is both. fundamentally both.
education is a central element of the system of social reproduction, so its social role is to reproduce the labor pool.
but it is also a space within which reflexive thinking is possible, so the social reproduction functions *should* be part of conversations that make up one's education. this reflexive work seems to me to be of fundamental importance: without it, the complex of functions served by education happen as if they were elements of a natural formation. what education does is not that: it is a political matter, involving political choices and political consequences. it should be treated as such.
as for the question of what political roles might be served by, say, a montessori approach or other such, i'd say they are variable. as an element within the present order, they function as nicer versions of the same.
on the other hand, i actually believe in the radical potentials of education that does not simply duplicate the existing rationality, so have an idea that something on the order of a new bauhaus or new black mountain school could have a considerable impact, were one to get started. we'll see over time how that works out.
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