{"id":182957,"date":"2015-04-28T17:09:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-28T22:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2015\/04\/28\/bullsh-bingo-education-edition\/"},"modified":"2015-04-28T17:09:00","modified_gmt":"2015-04-28T22:09:00","slug":"bullsh-bingo-education-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2015\/04\/28\/bullsh-bingo-education-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Bullsh%$ Bingo, Education Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

I understand that there are a number of different views on how education might change over the next few decades, but this melange of incomprehensible argle bargle that serves as a justification for paying slave wages and breaking teachers unions<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Basically, he is describing the private equity wet dream for charter schools:<\/p>\n

Whenever a college student asks me, a veteran high-school English educator, about the prospects of becoming a public-school teacher, I never think it\u2019s enough to say that the role is shifting from “content expert” to “curriculum facilitator.” Instead, I describe what I think the public-school classroom will look like in 20 years, with a large, fantastic computer screen at the front, streaming one of the nation\u2019s most engaging, informative lessons available on a particular topic. The “virtual class” will be introduced, guided, and curated by one of the country\u2019s best teachers (a.k.a. a “super-teacher”), and it will include professionally produced footage of current events, relevant excerpts from powerful TedTalks, interactive games students can play against other students nationwide, and a formal assessment that the computer will immediately score and record.<\/span>

<\/span>I tell this college student that in each classroom, there will be a local teacher-facilitator (called a “tech”) to make sure that the equipment works and the students behave. Since the “tech” won\u2019t require the extensive education and training of today\u2019s teachers, the teacher\u2019s union will fall apart, and that “tech” will earn about $15 an hour to facilitate a class of what could include over 50 students. This new progressive system will be justified and supported by the American public for several reasons: Each lesson will be among the most interesting and efficient lessons in the world; millions of dollars will be saved in reduced teacher salaries; the “techs” can specialize in classroom management; performance data will be standardized and immediately produced (and therefore “individualized”); and the country will finally achieve equity in its public school system.<\/span>

<\/span>\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/span>

<\/span>I\u2019ve started recognizing a common thread to the latest trends in teaching. Flipped learning, blending learning, student-centered learning, project-based learning, and even self-organized learning\u2014they all marginalize the teacher\u2019s expertise. Or, to put it more euphemistically, they all transform the teacher into a more facilitative role.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I believe that a good adjective to describe this vision is, “Dystopian<\/span><\/b>“.<\/p>\n

A good adjective to describe the article is, “Incomprehensible”.<\/p>\n

A good summary is, “Education changes \u2026\u2026\u2026 Because \u2026\u2026\u2026 Internet.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I understand that there are a number of different views on how education might change over the next few decades, but this melange of incomprehensible argle bargle that serves as a justification for paying slave wages and breaking teachers unions. Basically, he is describing the private equity wet dream for charter schools: Whenever a college …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[968,997,982,979],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-182957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-internet","category-stupid","category-wanker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182957"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182957\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}