On education
The quotes I agree with that were said by Michelle Rhee, on what is necessary for improving education.
“real focus on teacher quality and human capital”
“level of compensation that puts them on par with doctors, lawyers, investment bankers … the most respected professions in the country”
But… I don’t agree with her on the point that technology will not play a more critical role in education in the future. At the lower grade levels, yes, perhaps this is true: a living, breathing human being is critical to oversee the education of really young children.
But at high school and college level, after the desire to learn has been properly incited (hopefully)? Then you want the passionate experts teaching their subjects; anything less is just damaging.
Stuff online about education that I really love and/or agree with (all of which I’ve linked to in the past):
- Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity
- What Teachers Make, Taylor Mali. (I actually checked and Taylor has his own youtube channel, but the performance he has on it isn’t nearly as powerful as the one with most hits, qq.)
- The Fate of the Incompetent Teacher in the YouTube Era
