Rotting School Buildings and Magical Digital Learning Transformation
The key issue to watch in 2017 is the spiraling drive to privatize public schools through digital learning.
One way this is done is through charter schools. Another strategy could be by not funding the upkeep of public school facilities then recreating them as blended learning schools.
Allowing schools to crumble in order to justify all-digital learning programs is a concern.
Remember Detroit? They had schools with mold growing out of their walls and other horrors. Local and state school administrators claimed there was no money in the midst of corruption.
School conditions impact student learning. You can be the best teacher in the world, but if your students are taking a test in an overheated classroom, under a leaky roof, worried about rats, or not getting a break due to lousy playground equipment, or Rotting School Buildings and Magical Digital Learning Transformation: