[WSMDiscuss] Beware! Cuomo Adds Another Billionaire to "Reimagine" Post-Pandemic Public Education

[Anna Harris]

'Educators' or 'Big business'?
Either way you have taken learning out of the hands of the learners.
Education should be first and foremost 'self directed'.
https://www.self-directed.org/

Anna

On Fri, 15 May 2020, 20:55 Jai Sen, <jai.sen at cacim.net> wrote:

> Friday, May 15, 2020
>
>
>
> Hi Estelle
>
>             Thanks very much for this post, and – as an educator of long
> experience - for pointing out what you have, that
>
> … educators must take into account the actual value of online  learning
> We need a new paradigm for education
> We need to imagine a new way to go forward — a way that combines, and
> funds, the best practices of traditional education and the new realities of
> technology in education
>
>             All this rings true – but the problem surely is also of Cuomo
> – or anyone - handing ‘Education’ over on a platter, lock, stock, and
> barrel, to big business (and not just to ‘big’ business but to the
> biggest...), and where educators, families, and society at large have no
> say at all ?
>
>             So yes, educators, must take into account the value of online
> learning – but they must remain in the saddle, not big business.  Surely
> you would agree ?   Because what Cuomo is doing here is not just about
> education; it’s something much, much bigger… and is horrendous.  And he’s
> doing this at this point in history not out of ignorance, but as a member
> of that class, that can collectively see the huge chance that is there…
> And where if New York falls, so will many other jurisdictions…
>
>             And so where while I see your point, I still think that this
> move needs to be opposed tooth and nail… and so where yes, families and
> educators should then pay attention to what you have said.  But the first
> thing is to remain in control.  Let’s not miss this the wood for the trees.
>
>             Jai
>
> On May 15, 2020, at 11:51 AM, Estelle Fein <leef at cruzio.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> Everything that Diane says is true
> But educators must take into account the actual value of online  learning
>
> We need a new paradigm for education
> We need to imagine a new way to go forward — a way that combines, and
> funds, the best practices of traditional education and the new realities of
> technology in education
>
>
> Link:
> https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/05/06/beware-cuomo-adds-another-billionaire-reimagine-post-pandemic-public-education?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=email_this
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