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Friday, September 20, 2013

Mother Crusader: Pitbull Is "Bringing Sexy Back" To Education, And Not Just In The 305

Mother Crusader: Pitbull Is "Bringing Sexy Back" To Education, And Not Just In The 305:

Pitbull Is "Bringing Sexy Back" To Education, And Not Just In The 305

No, I didn't make up that title.  He really said that.
"Sometimes what happens is that education is no longer sexy,” Pitbull said. “It’s no longer cool. I want to tell them or help put together either curriculum or schools where it does entertain them or engage them. One way or another, I want to just make it fun again to learn.
The quality of this video is poor, but it gives the clear sense that the kids attending this school are star struck, and Pitbull is serving as little more than a lure to pull them in and get them amped up. 

But what will they actually be taught when they get there?



Jersey Jazzman and I wrote quite a bit about Pitbull's foray into the charter school movement back in June when he was a Keynote speaker at the National Association of Charter School Authorizers