Sunday, September 4, 2011

School Tech Connect: The Current Weirdness of Ed Tech

School Tech Connect: The Current Weirdness of Ed Tech:

The Current Weirdness of Ed Tech

I suppose much will be said about this NYT piece on ed tech, but let's just clarify the one thing that's on everyone's mind: yes, I once lived in Chandler, Arizona, but no, Amy Furman is not a relative-- at least as far as I know.


Having cleared that up, let me just say that there are more than enough opinions to go around about the merits of huge investments in ed tech. This idea that kids are going to do better on standardized reading