- cross-posted to:
- technology@beehaw.org
- cross-posted to:
- technology@beehaw.org
The middle schooler had been begging to opt out, citing headaches from the Chromebook screen and a dislike of the AI chatbot recently integrated into it.
Parents across the country are taking steps to stop their children from using school-issued Chromebooks and iPads, citing concerns about distractions and access to inappropriate content that they fear hampers their kids’ education.
Except student performance is falling across the world. What you said is the reason the US is like lower than most other western countries in outcomes. Its maybe less the reason that outcomes are getting worse across the board.
My gut says its just the reflection of a stratified global society. The billionaire and multimillionaire elites fund their schools very well while the rest struggle with collapsing budgets and parents that can’t afford quality education. So countries with more cultural education values are weathering this crisis solely from extra public funding.
The way to validate this would be to see if recent drops in education correlate to funding.
they don’t. some of the worst schools are the best funded.
it’s about culture. poor kids do great at school if they have parents who value education, or value education themselves. people who don’t value education… do poorly at school.
it’s just that rich kids/parents who don’t value it… get propped up by a community that does. it’s better to be a dumb kid in a rich school district than a smart kid in a poor district.