> It turns out that, sometimes, leaders who have dedicated their lives to problem X really do know better than people who have succeeded in the business world.

> It turns out that, sometimes, leaders who have dedicated their lives to problem X really do know better than people who have succeeded in the business world. I often cringe when I see non-education folks trying to tackle the problem of education in classroms by "automating" or pushing video courses. Solving the issue of education is far more than what's IN the classroom (Here in Jersey we had Abbot districts which gave more to low income schools, it's failed). While supplies are a big problem, more is to do with environment. Having done teaching in a low income district (every single prospective teacher should do this) and an upper middle-class district the difference was stark. I had kids in 1st grade who could not even tie shoes or zipper jackets, let alone have a pencil.