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=Hi there= We (Ira Socol [Twitter @irasocol], Greg Thompson & Tomaz Lasic [Twitter @lasic]) are collaboratively writing a series of blog post wrestling with the question: Why is everyone an expert on education? (subtitle "...and why hasn't education changed deeply in the past 250 years, despite vast investments of time and effort").

This is the fourth post in the series. So far, we have posted:
 * **'Why is everyone an expert on education?' ** (series introduction)
 * **'Still waiting for Eureka: the problem of education as a science' ** (as suggested by the title, 'scientific' approach to education may not be what it cracks up to be)
 * **'Rolling up the odd sleeves'** (interrogating the relevance of what [mainstream] education is producing)

Our next post has a theme of **'education as a competition'**. The posts so far were quite wordy (unapologetically) but we thought we would create a **pictorial post to explore the topic** ("education as a competition"...pros/cons/contexts). We are using this **'crowd sourcer' wiki** to gather pictures from around the world.


 * Could you please:**

**I****nsert images (or just text, if no image) of school mottos, logos, brochures, billboards etc. that scream 'education as a competition'.**
Please do not insert any copyrighted material from websites, state links wherever possible to allow appropriate credits. If you would like to be credited in the final post yourself, please write your name below the picture.
 * Just click Edit and insert your material using the simple toolbar. This is a public wiki so anyone can edit.**

Ira, Greg & Tomaz
 * MANY THANKS!**

** Images (and text, if no image) of education as a competition below please. Thank you! :-) ** If you don't want to insert a picture, please copy/paste the link(s) & we will do the rest.

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1) Source: http://www.tothetoptutoring.com/includes/ToTheTopTutorD05aR03aP01ZL%20%28without%20slogan%29.jpg 2) Source: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JJrWGN7yL._SL500_.jpg 3) Source: http://www.heartlandconnection.com/uploadedImages/ktvo/Scholar-Web-Graphic.jpg 4) Source: http://www.imacs.org/FileData/IMACSWeb/images/ultimate.gif 5) Source: http://comps.fotosearch.com/comp/TGR/TGR369/competition-high-school_~trd014ca0214.jpg 6) Source: http://twitpic.com/pyu0g (location - Shenton Park, Perth, Western Australia, 18 Nov 09) 7) Source: http://twitpic.com/qldrn (location - Subiaco, Perth, Western Australia, 18 Nov 09) 8) Source: http://twitpic.com/uf6rz (location - Murdoch, Perth, Western Australia, 18 Dec 09)

This is looking out the front door of[| Dowling Urban Environmental Learning Center,] a K-5 Minneapolis Public School. The Mississippi River is about 50 yards beyond and below that sidewalk.[| Dowling] has a history that is unique in the Twin Cities. Our roots go back to 1924 when the school was founded to provide education to children with disabilities in the city of Minneapolis. In 1937 President Franklin Roosevelt came to Dowling and dedicated our therapeutic swimming pool. Since that time, thousands of students have learned to swim in its’ warm water. Dowling remains one of the strongest schools in the metro area in the area of special education. Programs serving children with a wide variety of disabilities coexist with regular education classes. Fully accessible playgrounds are another feature here. My daughter attended for 5 years and my son is in his 6th year there. The people of [|Dowling] have helped raise our children. It's a great school. [|Dan McGuire]