Funding technology seems unchecked in some places as teachers are driven out of their classrooms due to the virus. The more teachers prematurely retire, the more easily school districts can justify replacing them with technology.
And think long term. Teachers have been so mistreated in this country that no one wants their child to become a public school teacher, so getting a qualified teacher who has actually studied how to teach will be difficult in the future.
Technology is on the road to becoming the endgame for schooling, whether Americans like it or not. There’s no research to indicate all or mostly online instruction is better than face-to-face, in-person classes. Yet there’s a giddiness on the part of some that after Covid-19 takes its leave, online will be a wonderful way to do schooling.
But an all-tech curriculum wasn’t proven before Covid; it wasn’t great during Covid, so why would it be a panacea after Covid? At best, tech is useful for teachers to supplement CONTINUE READING: Endgame! Using Covid-19 to Permanently Transform Schooling!