The ideal school lets every student learn at their own pace, using a tablet with pre-recorded lectures and computer-graded quizzes. Instead of lecturing, teach

The ideal school lets every student learn at their own pace, using a tablet with pre-recorded lectures and computer-graded quizzes. Instead of lecturing, teachers tutor small groups that did poorly on the same quiz, to help them understand the material and progress. This is the mastery learning model [0]. Classroom experiments have shown that mastery learning students learn much more with the same time spent with teachers [1] [2]. This shows that society knows how to educate children equitably and at scale. Unfortunately, it doesn't do it. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastery_learning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastery_learning [1] http://web.mit.edu/5.95/readings/bloom-two-sigma.pdf http://web.mit.edu/5.95/readings/bloom-two-sigma.pdf [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18105487 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18105487