All schools in Liberia becoming private schools where a teacher with 5 weeks of training reads scripts off a tablet. http://m.mgafrica.com/article/2016-03-31-liberia-plans-to-outsource-its-entire-education-system-to-a-private-company-why-this-is-a-very-big-deal-and-africa-should-pay-attention/ …
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Replying to @zeynep
Argument is that Liberia is so poor so they have to accept all attempts. That may be true—but that's an awful truth.pic.twitter.com/JvQhizrMoN
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So little investment in much of the world's kids is awful. Guess we won't care till this model of "education" starts creeping here. It will.
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Most everything currently ailing first-world's working folks was first tried out in poor countries with little choice to be experimented on.
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We'll see the bifurcation. Poorer kids: warehoused in "schools" where a "teacher" reads off a tablet. Richer kids: enriched with tech. sigh
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They'll see "an effect" at first. Look up Hawthorne effect. Any attention to these kids whose education is forsaken will produce an effect.
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(Also tuition isn't that cheap for the country so you'll only see kids from most dedicated families with some resources. They'll do better).
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One laptop per child was largely bust because not enough money was put in either teacher training or tech keep up.
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They say you can't throw money at a problem. Nonsense. Look what the rich do. They throw money at their kids education & life.
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