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One of the major issues with American teachers especially is our predilection to rescue kids instead of letting them struggle with the content a bit. In essence, we’re too compassionate.

It’s up to us. This is why school needs to focus on real life.  In the end, it’s not the mark on a standardized test that tells me what’s most important about my student’s learning — it’s the compassion they exhibit for another human being.

There’s always going to be a demand for an adult to be leading child instruction. They’re needed for the feedback piece, or the compassion piece, or the guidance piece. Besides, parents will want that; they feel most comfortable with that.

The program has to be mission-driven.

Right now, we’re in a murky, gray area when it comes to blended learning. In 20 years, we’ll have some tried and true methods. Right now, it’s just messy. And schools have to be okay with messy, with not smooth.