Jersey Jazzman: Murdoch: Replace Teachers With Computers

Jersey Jazzman: Murdoch: Replace Teachers With Computers

Murdoch: Replace Teachers With Computers

by Duke

Yes, he really said it:

Last year, News Corp purchased Wireless Generation, a company which makes teaching assistance software, and hired former New York schools Chancellor Joel Klein to head it up. In a June interview with the Times, Murdoch seemed almost giddy at the prospects made available by his new acquisition:

"You can get by with half as many teachers. The teachers can be a lot better and a lot better paid." As well as cutting back on teacher numbers, there would be a big reduction in textbook budgets. Mr. Murdoch joked that he hoped to put textbook