Change the World
Blessed are the flippers…
Daphne Koller – Technology as a Passport to Personalized Education – NYTimes.com: “Online education, then, can serve two goals. For students lucky enough to have access to great teachers, blended learning can mean even better outcomes at the same or lower cost. And for the millions here and abroad who lack access to good, in-person education, online learning can open doors that would otherwise remain closed.”
“For students lucky enough to have access to great teachers”
That phrase bothers me so much. Access to great teachers should not be based on luck of any form (the parents you have, the country you were born in, the politics and economics of certain districts getting great teachers and others quite mediocre teachers, etc.). We need to change the world, indeed.