School’s out for summer. School’s out forever? A lot of parents are figuring out that remote learning, forced on us by school closings, is mostly the same old, same old—teachers droning on to students, except online. Not much has changed in education since the Little Rascals’ Miss Crabtree’s one-room class in 1930.
And it’s broken. Even before Covid, more than half of incoming students at community colleges required remedial math or English courses. As former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush told me, “Something’s wrong when you have...
opinion andykessler A lot of people are bashing online learning, many of which have zero experience with it and just like to dislike things because they can, when if done properly it has the potential to be significantly more efficient and effective than classroom based learning.
opinion andykessler I couldn't agree more, but schools also should be supplying students with the devices (tablets, laptop, and/or desktop computers) they need to do such coursework. Right now many students are being left behind because their parents cannot afford them, or high-speed internet.
opinion andykessler Yeah...no.
opinion andykessler YES! and look at all the savings from not having to build schools, etc, etc, khanacademy - great resource.
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opinion andykessler No it's not online teaching doesn't work we need to open Schools ASAP