My Teacher Is an App
Stephanie Banchero, Stephanie Simon,
Wall Street Journal,
Nov 13, 2011
The Wall Street Journal discovers online learning. "In a radical rethinking of what it means to go to school, states and districts nationwide are launching online public schools that let students from kindergarten to 12th grade take some—or all—of their classes from their bedrooms, living rooms and kitchens." The WSJ, of course, always has an agenda: to push the privatization angle: "many hire for-profit corporations.... The companies hire teachers, provide curriculum, monitor student performance—and lobby to expand online public education." And, of course, the WSJ has its usual villains: "The drive to reinvent school has also set off an explosive clash with teachers unions and backers of more traditional education." Sure, there are issues, such as poor test scores. But with proponents like Jeb Bush and Rupert Murdoch, both of whom are cited in the article, how can online learning be wrong? It's just a matter of time before the right model can be found. Personally, I don't think that private companies are an adequate substitute for full publish investment in online learning, and people reading my own support for online learning should not automatically place me in the WSJ camp, whatever the newspaper may say.
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