Coming of Age

A comment to yesterday’s blog referred to “viral fads peculiar to education”. This article from our archives presents an interesting perspective on this subject. Briefly, it points out that in the past many professions - including pharmacology, accounting, and seafaring - were riddled with fads, but at some point intense pressure caused them to become evidence-based. For pharmacology, it was the Thalidomide disaster; for accounting, it was the great depression; and for seafaring, it was the sinking of the Titanic. 

The article refers to professions that rely on standardized and quantified data as “mature” professions. It’s high time the field of education joined the grown-ups.

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