Saturday, November 09, 2013

Schools & Technology

articles:
Diane Ravitch: 3 Dubious Uses of Technology in Schools: Scientific American:

How Big Data Is Taking Teachers Out of the Lecturing Business: Scientific American

podcast interview: Diane Ravitch | Daniel H. Pink

book: Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America's Public Schools: Diane Ravitch: 9780385350884: Amazon.com: Books
From one of the foremost authorities on education in the United States, former U.S. assistant secretary of education, “whistle-blower extraordinaire...

A warning about dangers of focus on testing instead on learning,
a misuse o technology to replace public schools with for-profits, 
and collecting of private data of students. 

In her view, biggest issue affecting school results is poverty,
and test results are proportional to wealth, measuring only ability to take tests.