Comments on: CA online education has serious roadblocks

By: Rex the Wonder Dog!

Rex the Wonder Dog! — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:11:51 +0000

Online is bogus, the interaction and free exchange of ideas of the students, and DIFFERENT view points, is what males a person educated. That only comes from a classroom IMO.

There is also the problem of who is actually taking the course online. I recall a USC trust fund grad who paid her roommate to write her papers.

By: jimmydeeoc

jimmydeeoc — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:27:21 +0000

Thank you, Nick, for your contribution.

Now please return to your basement. I’m sure Mommy will bring down the Hot Pockets and Jolt soda in a jiff.

By: nick

nick — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:46:07 +0000

This article contains some grammar errors, you might want to clean up…
2nd sentence: “cources” misspelling
Paragraph 6: “pacific” needs to be capitalized
Paragraphs 6 and 11: “Circuted” misspelling

By: jimmydeeoc

jimmydeeoc — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:57:27 +0000

Let me add that Izumi’s book came out in November 2010…..No doubt there have been huge advancements in the delivery of on-line ed even in those two short years.

There are six reviews of Izumi’s book on Amazon. Five of them rate the book “5 stars”. One gives it only “1 star”, and calls the book “incredibly biased”.

That review from a certain Arthur Ashendorf, who is……..a teacher with Newport-Mesa School District in Orange County. Imagine that.

By: Hondo

Hondo — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 08:09:16 +0000

Online learning is so green even al gore could love it. Instead of driving all over town, back and forth to school, burning fossil fuels, you could sit home and study. The lower costs could balance Kalifornia’s budget. All books could be online and free and we could stop killing trees.
All you liberals tell me whats wrong with this picture. It’s green and free and the unions hate it.
Hondo….

By: Hondo

Hondo — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 08:03:30 +0000

Khan Academy online is totally free and is hated by the kali teachers union. When are the students and the parents going to see that the teachers unions are the most anti education people in the state.
Hondo…

By: Jesse Bluma

Jesse Bluma — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 23:36:20 +0000

The Republican Party of old would support hiring local teachers and would be against initiatives like the Common Core. Today’s Republican Party seems not to care about local control. Picking a fight over which people get to teach online seems like another fumble by Republicans. If you want to save money stop the billions going into Common Core, Race to the Top, and the salaries of superintendents and politicians.