RE: Funding Education with the Blockchain, Volume 1: Books and Wobble Stools!
I am supporting this post and your wife's project for the books. With that being said now I will comment on the current education system.
The problem with education is not funding, the problem is that the system still operates like it did in the 1800's. There is no need to assemble kids in school rooms in this day and age. Each school district could supply a laptop computer and a wireless card that would only access the school district's wireless signal to each student. Give the lessons over the air waves.
This would eliminate huge amounts of expenditure in building, buses, fuel, maintenance & food service workers and eliminate all the school shootings.
Most places would not go for such a setup because the parents of the students would be in an uproar that they would have to find someone to sit with their kids at their home, IE; babysitter. That is what most schools have become, sitting services so both parents can work.
There are better ways than the current way, people just need to start thinking instead of keeping doing.
Just my thoughts, good luck with the projects.
Thank you for your support!
It's interesting to consider flipping the traditional school model on its head, but I think ultimately, children must go somewhere during the day where they can be supervised. Implementation of technology into the classroom has been something great to watch, though. At my wife's school, each of her students have a Chromebook they can use throughout the day, and they are allowed to take them home.
One new initiative this year at my wife's school is that they've done away with homework. So far it seems to be a very popular strategy that several other schools in our county are considering.
There are always various considerations to be made about the state of education, but I'm hoping that we can start showing teachers across the nation that the blockchain is useful for funding specific projects to help children learn better.
Once again, thank you for stopping by.
With me education is a subject that is best discussed in verbal format rather than typed. One needs to really go back in our history and explore how the department of education came about and the foundations that supported the creation of it, it is just to much to try and type out and I won't bother you with it. Let me just say that the people who are in charge have us right where they want us , so don't look for any meaningful changes anytime soon.
My personal beliefs are that it should be state funded (as intended), not federally funded. Apart from that, I think the social interaction is good and healthy, so I like the classroom setting as a whole. That being said, I can also see how giving more school choice and opening up more options and possibilities for education could prove to be beneficial for many students and help them to learn more, based on their learning styles and preferences.
Also, we really need to better evaluate how the money is spent. Athletic Directors and Principals should be qualified individuals, not just old football coaches. Superintendents should not be pulling in 250-300k while teachers are making 40k. Funding for certain sports or activities should not be as much as a dozen teachers' salaries combined while other sports and extracurriculars have to do their own fundraisers just to get the bare minimum equipment and supplies.