For KIPP charter schools, more computer time, less class time
With the Race to the Top (RTTT) funds dwindling, charter schools are having to balance their books and keep their CEO’s well paid by cutting out face-to-face class time with teachers and instead, placing those students in front of computer screens.
They refer to this as “blended learning”. I have another word for it but I won’t use that word here.
First KIPP was replacing qualified and certified teachers with Teach for America, Inc. (TFA) recruits with five weeks of training now it’s cutting costs by adding computers and subtracting teachers. This is a trend that is, unfortunately, catching on in Seattle with the RTTT grant that will be received by Seattle Public Schools and six other districts. There will be more students, particularly those considered “disadvantaged” sitting in front of computer
Renton schools chief Mary Alice Heuschel, in green jacket, celebrates the news with other King County superintendents. Next to her are Highline’s Susan Enfield and Federal Way’s Robert Neu.
