Education or educations?

Why don't I ever see anyone pluralizing education? I can understand treating this as a collective term for an individual's development. We can discuss all the things that comprise an individual's education as a singular education.

What if we are talking about multiple children? Each child is different with unique educational needs. The education of one child should not be viewed as the same education of a very different child with a very different educational experience. It makes no sense to me that we would use the singular term in this sense.

I never thought that I would have to explain my views on education versus education, but I stumbled onto something that made it feel like I needed to explain the difference. I pay attention to what teachers, their unions, and their allies have to say. During a day of action against reducing our federal government's interference in the educational process, I saw an image with the words, "Protect our kids' education." This says a lot about why I hate our schooling system.

I'm not going to vent too much about teachers speaking possessively about other people's children. I have already written about that, and you can find plenty of people already discussing children being treated as property. Instead, I am more focused on the more likely oversight.

I have long insisted that children are all unique individuals with unique needs. Different children should be pursuing different educations. Using the term in the singular indicates an inability or unwillingness to differentiate between different educations. This is a strong indication that individual needs are not being met.

I shouldn't have to clarify any of this. I shouldn't have to be responsible for pointing out such an obvious blunder. If multiple people are involved, we should never refer to it as a singular education. We should be talking about multiple educations for children who should have vastly different educational experiences based on their unique sets of passions, strengths, and needs.