[Carry_Okie]

Shameless self-promotion bump.

[B4Ranch]

Allow me to promote Sunni Maravillosa

I'm certain the interview was fun.

[Dog Gone]

Great interview, CO.

[calcowgirl]

Nothing shameless about it, Mark.

EXCELLENT Interview!

BUMP!

[SierraWasp]

Here's the biggest BUMP TO THE TOP I can muster, buster!!!

[HKMk23]

BRAVO! Magnifico!

It seems you've not only done your homework, you've done several people's homework, AND taken their tests AND written their theses. Are you really only one person??

Seriously, just reading the interview casts into stark relief the disparity between what I know and what I ought to know in order to help precipitate the trend toward a society-wide paradigm shift. I also think much of the political mechanics you discuss are inherently suspected in conservative circles, but it's so much a part of the background noise that it isn't credited with the damage it's doing, nor do I think that the extent of the damage is grasped. This whole thing is like some vicious cancer that rages on, as yet, undiagnosed although symptoms have been evident for quite some time. Sadly, most of our time is spent arguing on the level of which symptom to alleviate, by how much, over what period of time, and what color band-aid to put on it.

[CounterCounterCulture]

Where's my BUMP? :-(

;-)

[Issaquahking]

Mark, your work is always worth being pinged to! Thanks for the ping, I will read this after I get home from work today.


Self ping and bump for a great read.

[little jeremiah]

Bump.

[MEG33]

Great interview!

[Avoiding_Sulla]

"We're already starting to see this transformation. Software and curriculum companies are finding a growing market of home school customers committed to gaining competitive advantages. Colleges and universities are offering online degrees because they need superior students to assure productive graduates. Superior teachers could get rich transmitting their ideas and methods to a mass market over the internet."

This is pertinent to the above.

Hotair says California teacher’s unions are moving to block online educational courses in the University of California system arguing that they open the door to hiring fewer teachers and increasing the workload of those who are retained.

Inside Higher Ed says that the University of California chapter of the American Federation of Teachers has used its bargaining power to persuade the University of California to ban “online courses or programs that would result in ‘a change to a term or condition of employment’ of any lecturer without first dealing with the union.” Administrators and union officials have a difference of opinion about what exactly was forbidden by the agreement.

The rest is here.

Wretchard's conclusion is not what you have been seeking by any means. It would be awfully Orwellian.

The “lesson” is that the same bribery technique can work in the US. At all events the unions must be kept in the loop whether in improved teacher training or in online course design. Online courses are probably going to take their place in the schooling system, only but as part of a “blended” environment. The kids will be free to access online courses, but only with a union member in the room.