the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist
“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist
“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
Apr 4, 2011
More than 7,000 students in the Miami, Florida-Dade County Public Schools are enrolled in classes online–computers but no teachers–only a computer technician in the classroom.
What this really means is no education for these children. All children need a human being with the knowledge and skill to give them individual attention when they need it. That’s what teaching is. And a computer is no substitute for a teacher.
But Florida is using these e-classes, even placing some middle school students in them, because education officials claim the state lacks funding for sufficient teachers.
Florida, and every other state in the U.S., already has a horrendous education problem. In Florida, students leave high school so unprepared that only 50% of those entering college will actually complete a degree in six years. Only half!
School officials claim they don’t have enough money. Yes, they have money–which they spend on their own nice fat salaries and benefits, and on over-inflated contracts–for computers, text books, maintenance, building additions, etc.–given to their friends.
This future is no future for our children.