This, I have a significant problem with. Not a worthwhile tradeoff, in my opinion.
Why the heck not? The students are doing better. That's the ONLY thing that matters. Fire every teacher, even the good ones, if it means that the students are doing better. (For the reading challenged out there, I'm not suggesting that we should fire all the teachers; I'm saying that the teachers' jobs are not anywhere close to sacred -- they are the means to an end, not an end unto themselves).
Wonderful, let's make our education system worse. But hey you get a temporarily leased laptop!!! WOOHOO!!!
How about next time you try reading the article?
Haha! Those poor kids are getting computers instead of teachers. This is really really sad.
Yup, improving results, terribly sad.
I've been in computers and education nearly my entire life. This is ridiculous. Rail against unions as much as you like, but I'd rather have my children on a dirt floor in front of a teacher with only a slate blackboard and chalk
This, ladies and gentleman, is the reason the US is struggling. Clinging to antiquated ways of doing things, just because that's the way it's always been done. WHAT WE'RE DOING ISN'T WORKING.
What significantly better results? Larger class sizes and fewer teachers have always had a negative impact on education. Human interaction is key.
jW
Always, except for the stunningly positive results here. But, you know, other than that, you're right
Those MBA are totally worth hurting 65 families in such a terrible economic climate. As an added bonus, they get larger classrooms. Win win
Cry me a river. If the teachers were any good at their job, they wouldn't be getting laid off. It's benefitting HUNDREDS of families from the improved education the children are receiving. Once again: the teachers are irrelevant. They're there strictly to SERVE THE CHILDREN. If the students' needs are best served without the teachers, then so be it.
I'm sorry - i love tech, and have all the Apple toys - but I would fight tooth and nail against dumping teachers and raising class sizes in order to buy computers...
How about you read the rest of the article -- the part where the students are doing much better...
Bad trade. We now have 67 new Apple haters in the world.
And hundreds of new Apple lovers, jokester.
Yes I would. I'm a parent of two kids and I know there's a lot more to success than statistics. The states are being taken here by many as proof that it's better. Stats don't always show the whole story folks.
Enlighten us.
If you want teachers to be like everyone else that's great. The marking I just did whilst I'm on holiday, well I won't do that. The students that ask for help after school, I won't do that. In fact anything outside of my contract won't be done. Any out of hours trip or optional stuff will be gone. i'm happy with that.
You're deluded if you think being a teacher gives you exclusive claims to this type of work. It's a rare job indeed these days where you're NOT expected to work outside of normal "office hours".
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