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Sal Khan in the past has made his position clear that he supports austerity and private schools in the United States. This, if anything, is continuation of the
by shortsunblack 2y ago
Sal Khan in the past has made his position clear that he supports austerity and private schools in the United States. This, if anything, is continuation of the con he always propelled. Edtech will replace teachers has been a talking point for a decade now. Too bad, there's no reliable evidence it improves learning outcomes. There is not any evidence for the latest "Microsoft figured out how to mine the essence of your child"-migo, either.
- Viliam1234 2y ago> Too bad, there's no reliable evidence it improves learning outcomes. There is no reliable evidence that schools improve learning outcomes either. Maybe it's all just some kids being born with higher intelligence and curiosity. If they attend a school, the school takes the credit for their achievements. If they use Khan Academy (or whatever other website) instead, the website takes the credit.
- johnnyanmac 2y ago>There is no reliable evidence that schools improve learning outcomes either. There's decades of evidence, just compare school results (even the lowest quartile) to homeschooling. I'm sure there's tons of literature in that field. Despite our repeated attempts to do so, teaching a full k-12 curriculum is in fact not something then vast majority of parents are ready to do. Even this tool isn't vying to replace teachers. If anything it wants to replace the teaching aides (aka tomorrow's teachers who are learning how to manage a classroom). It may be worse in that regard since its eyes are on the future without considering the human element of the future.