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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In all fairness, look at the results from Alpha School (entirely based on edtech during the "normal" school day, which is about 2 hours long) and then they move into "project based life skills" for the remainder of the school day, where kids are learning about entrepreneurship, financial literacy, storytelling and public speaking, leadership, etc..  Their kids are scoring in the top 1% on all forms of standardized testing, between state exams like SOL/Regents to SATs/ACTs/APs.  So, I don't think edtech itself that is the problem--it's the lack of truly good edtech curriculum and the wherewithal to know how to build an edtech-based school day where you the most bang for your buck. [/quote]

I agree the results seem admirable!  And I think it is a system that COULD work for SOME students.  The current students are self-selecting with very invested parents.  I know even for my own kids, only one of the four would have enough passion and drive to make the 2nd half of the day productive.  But I agree there is something there that should also considered....  the 2 hrs of learning is probably real for kids in smaller settings.  That is what the homeschool community with the younger sets typically claim is needed for classroom time.[/quote]

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