I work in K12 IT. A lot of educators want it easier but don’t want to contribute anything to achieve it. This isn’t just my cynicism talking though: ask r/k12sysadmin.
I don’t have solutions in mind, that wasn’t the question. But my thoughts were along the lines of:
Education punishes the teacher, and by extension punishes the student
Many states around the world fail to invest in it, to their detriment. Mainly because the perception is it’s all cost and no return; and yet the countries that invest in broad education prove this to be wrong.
Good education is so rare, it’s usually prohibitively expensive.
So most people get exhausted teachers, constrained, uncreative. Even the caring ones only have 5 mins to spare.
So it seems to me that a disruption might:
Offer an alternative approach to teachers, that allows them to do their best work more easily through efficiencies, or aids, or reusable tools, or enhancements.
Find ways to educate outside of the system without eroding the standard expected. If it works, it becomes the new normal. Maybe this is what “Academies” tried to do in the UK.
Maybe link industrial benefits with educational costs. As part of a big industry employer, I am dependent on the school system to provide future skilled and capable employees. But it’s very hard to invest or support that system in a meaningful way.
One option could be to sponsor school assignments, give young students real-life projects, but the sponor owns the IPR.
Hopefully that elaborates on the thinking, someone smarter than me is needed to spot the opportunity, one safe for the next generations of students, but also profitable, and make it work.
This, especially in some high-paying fields like IT.
I have a friend who was working as a game dev educator. His salary was like 60% of mine. I would love to teach but it makes no sense to almost cut my pay in half.
Tbh I am not sure how to make this equation. People don’t seem to want to pay for good education unless it has a label like that of a fancy university.
Making educators lives easier somehow. Basic education is untapped, but there’s no money in it without massive scale.
I work in K12 IT. A lot of educators want it easier but don’t want to contribute anything to achieve it. This isn’t just my cynicism talking though: ask r/k12sysadmin.
Would the teachers go for it, rather than the establishments? $100 a month to make your work/life balance more palatable?
If you could elaborate on this, I would love to hear what you have in mind.
I don’t have solutions in mind, that wasn’t the question. But my thoughts were along the lines of:
So it seems to me that a disruption might:
Hopefully that elaborates on the thinking, someone smarter than me is needed to spot the opportunity, one safe for the next generations of students, but also profitable, and make it work.
This, especially in some high-paying fields like IT.
I have a friend who was working as a game dev educator. His salary was like 60% of mine. I would love to teach but it makes no sense to almost cut my pay in half.
Tbh I am not sure how to make this equation. People don’t seem to want to pay for good education unless it has a label like that of a fancy university.