From Save Maine Schools ..... If you’ve not yet heard, public education as we know it is on its way out. While we toiled in the trenches under No Child Left Behind, a massive infrastructure was built to support a shift toward competency-based, “personalized learning” – just in time for the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education (now called ESSA). With its reliance on one-to-one digital devices, digital courseware, artificial intelligence, and massive data collection, personalized learning promises to reap big rewards for investors and corporate executives. Just how big is the beast? Let’s take a look. Hydra Head #1: Digital Infrastructure Remember PARCC … [Read more...]