The EdTech Revolution Has Failed

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donatj ◴[12 Nov 24 15:41 UTC] No.42116365[source]▶

I work in EdTech, I have for a very long time now, and the problem I have seen is no one in education is willing to ACTUALLY let kids learn at their own level.

The promise of EdTech was that kids could learn where they are. A kid who's behind can actually continue to learn rather than being left behind. A kid who's ahead can be nurtured.

We had this. It worked well, in my opinion at least, and the number of complaints and straight up threats because kids would learn things "they shouldn't be" was just… insanely frustrating.

Now in order to keep schools paying for our services, every kid is banded into a range based on their grade. They are scored/graded based on their grade level rather than their growth. It's such a crying shame.

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1. Parfait__ ◴[12 Nov 24 16:20 UTC] No.42116856[source]▶

>>42116365 #

I think it's weird that you're not telling us what "things they shouldn't be" are. There are plenty of things I think kids shouldn't be learning.

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2. devin ◴[12 Nov 24 16:28 UTC] No.42116950[source]▶

>>42116856 (TP) #

I doubt they were talking about any kind of "adult" content. The situation they're referring to is more like "your second grader should be focused on multiplication, not long division."

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3. doctorpangloss ◴[12 Nov 24 16:56 UTC] No.42117235[source]▶

>>42116950 #

I'm not sure why the commenter is being downvoted. I too can make a drama, literally capitalizing one of the worst words ever invented, "actually," about a vague antagonist, and rile people up, letting their imaginations fill in whatever boogieman they feel wronged them in school. What specifically is the situation? I don't want to speculate.

4. red_admiral ◴[12 Nov 24 16:59 UTC] No.42117265[source]▶

>>42116950 #

Never underestimate how upset people can get when a kid does longhand addition the old way (write numbers under each other, carry the ones) rather than some more "holistic" way.

5. miningape ◴[12 Nov 24 17:29 UTC] No.42117608[source]▶

>>42116856 (TP) #

It's an edtech platform for kids - forgive me but I somewhat doubt there's porn on there

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6. Parfait__ ◴[13 Nov 24 17:55 UTC] No.42128331[source]▶

>>42117608 #

not sure why porn is assumed how the hell is that educational content? maybe there's religious things on there, any number of things parents would want a say on

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