Computer Eliminates Teachers
Valerie Christopher,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
May 27, 2003
It's the headline long feared in the teaching sector. Essentially, a small private school placed 11 students in a classroom with computers, effectively saving the wages of one teacher. "It takes roughly 10 to 12 students per classroom to pay an average teacher's compensation," said Jerry Goodbar, the principal. "With only 11 students representing the entire fourth through ninth grade (at Christ Centered), this was a great opportunity for students to work on their core subjects and be tested and graded by the computer. It's like a big old lesson plan, except they're getting it from a computer." Now we will no doubt see many accounts explaining why this won't work. But I have only one question: what if it does?
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