Comment on A generation taught not to think: AI in the classroom
Jankatarch@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Schools generally buy anything microsoft offers with the little budget they have.
This time it’s messed up tho. Allowing chatbots in schools will hurt education more than the entire pandemic and the effects only gets worse each year.
There is a small hint of “Screw you, I got mine” in adults regarding childrens’ education is the only explanation I can think of how this is allowed.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Far more Pearson than Microsoft. The “teach to the test” regime is all about selling schools test prep material that effectively tells you the answers to the next round of Pearson-written standardized exams. I’m sure Pearson is eagerly integrating with Microsoft AI tools, so they can cut their own internal staffing and roll out more profitable digital variations of their material.
But schools pay top dollar for these resources because state administrators use exam scores as a benchmark for school funding. So the $10M you pay for test prep material may determine the next $50M in funding your school receives, relative to the poorer districts that couldn’t afford to buy answers in advance.
Tons of kickbacks to high ranking administrators, double-dealing with teachers being contracted or poached by Pearson for test-writing gigs, state administrators moving between jobs in the school board/legislature and positions within Pearson, people with stock and other debt instruments that profit when Pearson does well…
FFS, the Houston ISD takeover by the State of Texas ended with a Colorado private school management guy sending tens of millions of dollars from the Houston public schools to pay consulting fees to Colorado private school agencies. That’s as corrupt as it comes.