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> How can we improve general technological literacy? Fund schools. Provide mandatory technical and privacy education. > I'd also like for people to have the

• WarOnPrivacy 6y ago
  > Fund schools. Hire tech capable teachers that care. Funding only works if it's toward this specific end.
  • inetknght 6y ago
    > Hire tech capable teachers that care. I know teachers who make < $30k/year and have to pay out-of-pocket for supplies. Good luck attracting tech talent with that salary. So, again: fund schools.
    • WarOnPrivacy 6y ago
      You've misrepresented my premise by quoting it without the context. Funding incapable teachers can't advance your goal. As long as the plan is "Fund schools." and nothing at all follows the period "." then students will have properly funded incapable teachers. Source: Father to 5, who've attended 25 years of well funded and less funded schools. That's well over 100 teachers I've met with & learned about. Zero teachers understood technology on a level that would enable them to teach the nuances of technology safety. Many (if not most) would have been handicapped by the misunderstandings they held about tech.
    • notabee 6y ago
      Funding alone won't fix the decades of neglect, social norms built around that dysfunction, and the incompetent leadership many schools systems suffer with. But it's a necessary first step. If you don't fix the other pieces though, even higher pay won't keep the people around who should be there. I have known some teachers who tried their damnedest and were very competent, but burned out quickly.
    • 8note 6y ago
      I think the real thing there is pay teachers more. Just funding schools doesn't mean teachers will be paid