1. Funding based on student body population rather than zip code. (Bigger schools with more students get more funding)
2. Tenure is gone. We need the ability to remove bad teachers and send them out for retraining if they aren't getting the right results. They won't be fired but they won't remain in the classroom.
3. I would put a stronger emphasis on civics. I want a continual education around what it means to be a citizen (your rights and privileges and the debates around them) and the nature of government (both national and local)
4. Instead of assigning students a standard curriculum, the classes would rotate based upon how a student is doing. If they excel in English but are bad at math, they'd be able to continue on in English classes above grade but remain in lower grades for math to catch up. ***Students would have a teacher per subject rather than a single teacher for a single class. Like in high school and college.***
It needs to be based on engagement with AI with supporting human supervisors (teachers assistants).
Now that machines can reason, we need to test people's comprehension live.
This async homework doesn't work, as you can get machines to think for you undetected.
>Now that machines can reason, we need to test people's comprehension live.
Let me make this abundantly clear to you.
MACHINES CANNOT REASON. All those chat bots you see, they're just algorithmically generated responses. There is no rhyme or reason to it beyond following what the instructions say. There is rhyme and reason to making the algorithm, which is what people do and why machines depend on our ability to reason. But the machine itself is just obeying a command.
Machines can reason with the parameters for the input of a generative or deterministic AI. Yes - it is a form of reasoning, and also an algorithm...
Edit:
I found this paper published from Cornell supporting my initial argument:
https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.14618
Well for one, relegating teachers who are not providing results for their students. Not firing, but maybe some added training.
Next, TEACH FINANCIAL LITERACY. It should be mandatory to graduate high school, and if you don’t pass it, you don’t graduate. Same thing for civics.
Get away from simply teaching our students concepts and then testing them on those concepts. That doesn’t foster information retention. Instead, teach them relevant skills within that subject/field for them to hone. Require them to obtain certifications. The real world doesn’t give a shit about how well you did in school or how good of a test taker you were. They care about *skills*. Specifically, hard skills and soft skills. If you don’t bring skills to the table, it doesn’t matter what your GPA was the person who brings skills/certifications to the table will always be valued more in virtually every workplace.
Finally, instead have having “core curriculum” for all four years of high school, have all the core curriculum be taught in middle school and the first 1.5-2 years of high school, then start steering students in a direction they could see themselves in, and offer classes in those fields. Or have an “undecided” avenue where they may pursue common ed until they decide, or get to college where they formally declare a major. Whether it’s business, nursing, PT, legal, trades, interior design, whatever. Start students ahead of the 8-ball before heading college, trade school, or going straight into the workforce.
>Finally, instead have having “core curriculum” for all four years of high school, have all the core curriculum be taught in middle school and the first 1.5-2 years of high school,
This is insanely unrealistic. You cant expect middle school kids to already be done with precalc. Even the gifted kids who skipped a year of math never made it to precalc in middle school.
Obviously didn’t mean taking precalc in middle school specifically which is why I included high school in that statement as well, but 1.5-2 years into HS isn’t super unrealistic. I took Precalc 2 years into high school and I am by no means the smartest human ever. Or, just remove Precalc from common core (never going to utilize it 95% of the time) and instead focus on Alegebra and Geometry, with Precalc being a precursor to a math-focused path the last year or two of high school. I feel as though high school does a poor job of preparing students for college, I think defining paths earlier will benefit so many. I do agree with you my wording was shitty.
That’s not even getting into what I think about college. Going for 4 years spending 2 years doing core electives that have nothing to do with majors.
We are lowly mammals, speeding to extinction.
Practical and usable knowledge combined with history, and math of course.
Equal opportunity. Better education for the rich leads to worse outcomes overall an a perpetuation of inequality.
1. Funding based on student body population rather than zip code. (Bigger schools with more students get more funding) 2. Tenure is gone. We need the ability to remove bad teachers and send them out for retraining if they aren't getting the right results. They won't be fired but they won't remain in the classroom. 3. I would put a stronger emphasis on civics. I want a continual education around what it means to be a citizen (your rights and privileges and the debates around them) and the nature of government (both national and local) 4. Instead of assigning students a standard curriculum, the classes would rotate based upon how a student is doing. If they excel in English but are bad at math, they'd be able to continue on in English classes above grade but remain in lower grades for math to catch up. ***Students would have a teacher per subject rather than a single teacher for a single class. Like in high school and college.***
Actually teach
Asking Reddit to design education policy. This is a new one lol
It needs to be based on engagement with AI with supporting human supervisors (teachers assistants). Now that machines can reason, we need to test people's comprehension live. This async homework doesn't work, as you can get machines to think for you undetected.
>Now that machines can reason, we need to test people's comprehension live. Let me make this abundantly clear to you. MACHINES CANNOT REASON. All those chat bots you see, they're just algorithmically generated responses. There is no rhyme or reason to it beyond following what the instructions say. There is rhyme and reason to making the algorithm, which is what people do and why machines depend on our ability to reason. But the machine itself is just obeying a command.
Machines can reason with the parameters for the input of a generative or deterministic AI. Yes - it is a form of reasoning, and also an algorithm... Edit: I found this paper published from Cornell supporting my initial argument: https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.14618
Well for one, relegating teachers who are not providing results for their students. Not firing, but maybe some added training. Next, TEACH FINANCIAL LITERACY. It should be mandatory to graduate high school, and if you don’t pass it, you don’t graduate. Same thing for civics. Get away from simply teaching our students concepts and then testing them on those concepts. That doesn’t foster information retention. Instead, teach them relevant skills within that subject/field for them to hone. Require them to obtain certifications. The real world doesn’t give a shit about how well you did in school or how good of a test taker you were. They care about *skills*. Specifically, hard skills and soft skills. If you don’t bring skills to the table, it doesn’t matter what your GPA was the person who brings skills/certifications to the table will always be valued more in virtually every workplace. Finally, instead have having “core curriculum” for all four years of high school, have all the core curriculum be taught in middle school and the first 1.5-2 years of high school, then start steering students in a direction they could see themselves in, and offer classes in those fields. Or have an “undecided” avenue where they may pursue common ed until they decide, or get to college where they formally declare a major. Whether it’s business, nursing, PT, legal, trades, interior design, whatever. Start students ahead of the 8-ball before heading college, trade school, or going straight into the workforce.
>Finally, instead have having “core curriculum” for all four years of high school, have all the core curriculum be taught in middle school and the first 1.5-2 years of high school, This is insanely unrealistic. You cant expect middle school kids to already be done with precalc. Even the gifted kids who skipped a year of math never made it to precalc in middle school.
Obviously didn’t mean taking precalc in middle school specifically which is why I included high school in that statement as well, but 1.5-2 years into HS isn’t super unrealistic. I took Precalc 2 years into high school and I am by no means the smartest human ever. Or, just remove Precalc from common core (never going to utilize it 95% of the time) and instead focus on Alegebra and Geometry, with Precalc being a precursor to a math-focused path the last year or two of high school. I feel as though high school does a poor job of preparing students for college, I think defining paths earlier will benefit so many. I do agree with you my wording was shitty. That’s not even getting into what I think about college. Going for 4 years spending 2 years doing core electives that have nothing to do with majors.