N. K. Jemisin: Those who can, teach. Those who can't, push educators aside and scam every possible dollar out of school systems.

What happens when you put business interests in charge, instead of educators.

“ai” edtech company collapses after taking six million dollars from the Los Angeles school district to develop an “educational friend” platform.

A.I. ‘Friend’ for Public School Students Falls Flatwww.nytimes.com Los Angeles schools hired a start-up to build an A.I. chatbot for parents and students. A few months later, the company collapsed.

Those who can, teach. Those who can't, push educators aside and scam every possible dollar out of school systems.

15ish years ago the superintendent of the vocational high school I worked at walked in to a meeting and said "I need you all to remember that we are a business" and I swear you could have felt the wind in my sails dissipate from across the room. I left teaching shortly after.

It's endlessly infuriating

Business is in charge. Look at Pearson, they own the whole system in most states from teacher testing to get a license to the textbooks to the state tests. The other is the College Board who owns all AP curriculum and testing and now pushes pre-AP curriculum to the districts to lower grades.

As the father of an elementary schooler in Texas, it hurts how true this is.

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@miq.moe

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