# 21st Century Educational Voodoo

Canonical page: https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2012-01-18-21st-century-educational-voodoo

The piece argues that calls for a twenty-first-century education system rely on inaccurate histories and predictable economic clichés.

Blog post · Metaphor Hacker · 18 January 2012

## Where it lives

- [Read it on Metaphor Hacker (metaphorhacker.net)](https://metaphorhacker.net/2012/01/21st-century-educational-voodoo/)

## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 18 January 2012
- Published in: Metaphor Hacker
- Language: English

Topics: education, education-policy, metaphor, social-change.

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