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Packer, Arnold – Phi Delta Kappan, 1999
A professional economist criticizes Gerald Bracey's view that the condition of public education has little to do with the state of the nation's economy. Most studies indicate that education contributes to growing productivity, higher wages, and a sound economy. Education can serve the nation's economic needs without sacrificing education's other…
Descriptors: Creativity, Education Work Relationship, Educational Economics, Elementary Secondary Education