I think this headline is sad.
Two problems:
1. It makes sense in the new world order, where every single action should be judged against the monetary value it provides.
But is that the purpose of education? I have a degree in Geography and Economics. I learned so much more from Geography: how cities and people are organized and how that affects growth and happiness; what climate change will do; how resources and resource access affect society; why apartheid was wrong and hurting people AND the economy of South Africa (yes, there was still apartheid when I was in college).
From economics, I learned how wealth should be the end result of everything.
So if education is synonymous with learning to make money, then education ceases to be valuable. Learn directly how to make money and leave it at that. Use vocational schools in all things. Why should med students have to get a BA to get into Medical School? Why should financial students have to go through classes that don't apply to them? Why should literature majors exist at all?
2. It is an embarrassment that learning to be a teacher is seen as "worthless". (okay this is in the article not the headline, but still).
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