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The union is afraid of losing jobs. For the 30% doing better removing the choice will reduce their chance of success. Many kids did better without the distrac
by ipaddr 6y ago
The union is afraid of losing jobs. For the 30% doing better removing the choice will reduce their chance of success. Many kids did better without the distractions of the hallway rat race.
It could cost some teacher jobs in time if the best teacher and course becomes standard and broadcast to all.
What we are not talking about is the online model. The one used during covid where the teacher acted like a babysister and made sure she could see all eyes on all cameras for 6 hours a day needs to be examined. The lessons learned for many successful homeschooling families is structure and schedule should be flexible. We tried to import the best 1900 offered on how to structure a classroom to a group of 2100 century kids and wondered why they weren't engaged staring at their teacher through zoom. It is not like we weren't asking why kids are not as engaged in the classroom before covid. We had a huge rise in add.
The answer for many kids is going to be online education with the missing experiencial component where learning involves exploring, knowledge driven education. We need different types of teachers who will challenge students outside of the classroom. We need flexible local groups of students who can socialize and learn and explore together.
One size can't fit all anymore.
- Aloha 6y agoI was one of those square peg-round hole kids as far as the education system went, while I might have benefitted from the online, independent learning approach. I know that I was in a distinct minority, and frankly - while I might have prospered more educationally, I would have left school with many many more rough edges socially. School is more than just nuts and bolts knowledge, half of it is supposed to be society with training wheels where the normal rules of adulthood don't yet apply, so you can make mistakes without life altering consequences.