Apparently even Rocketship knows that its
"learning labs" are not terribly effective for instruction (although plenty effective, one assumes, in teaching critical
timewasting skills to youth and
cutting wages in education).
But the lack of success won't stop Rocketship's cofounder from
pursuing profitable opportunities in computer-based learning. Indeed, it appears that Rocketship's failure is inspiring him to create the kind of online learning program that will
make him a mint when Rocketship purchases it allow for the individualized instruction current software does not.
In other news, Tuesday is the release date for Michelle Rhee's
autobiography,
(Not At All) Radical. It's also the release date for many
exciting urban fantasy novels of
mixed quality. Actually, given Rhee's myriad exaggerations, outright lies, and the performance of DC schools under her tenure, I'm not sure why her book isn't considered urban fantasy. Still, I know which titles are auto-downloading to my Kindle early Tuesday morning, and Rhee's sure isn't one of them.
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