Matthew H. Rafalow

How Schools Create Inequality in the Tech Era

Digital Divisions

“What do teachers and administrators, many of whom are likely to be less digitally adept than their pupils, think of their students’ digital youth culture? Do they see young people’s creative tendencies online as valuable for school, or not?” 

I often wonder what the point of learning is meant to be for kids. Is it just meant to be informative because where is the growth and development in spouting information at developing brains going through so much? 

“Within a week of the rollout, students found ways to bypass security software so that they could access social media like Facebook and Twitter and watch videos on YouTube…For this district, fun was a major threat to proper learning.” 

Digital Divisions How Schools Create Inequality in the Tech Era

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