Children should be able to learn at their own pace -- all lessons should be on computer

[txlibdem]

The current educational system is based on a factory model: the straw boss calls the pace and the pions/slaves react and try to keep up --or feel the sting of the lash. In the classroom the teacher has to perform a constant balancing act to go fast enough that the bright students don't get bored and quit school versus going too fast as to leave the slow learners or otherwise challenged students behind.

A better system would be one in which each student progressed at a pace that is right for him or her abilities and skillsets at the moment. Teachers should be a resource, not a knowledge spigot.

Put all lessons on computer, in multiple formats: video, audio, text only, and an interactive mode that helps kids to learn but is fun to do at the same time. Teachers would vote for the best presentation of each topic and that would be the one all American students use. No longer would students in poor or rural schools suffer from lower quality education. Add to that mandatory access for all students to the entire contents of human knowledge so they can seek out additional information on a topic or to better their understanding for whatever reason.

There should be one curriculum for our nation: the disastrous consequences of states making their own rules was exposed with the recent debacle of 10 Texas conservatives rewriting educational curiculum that could affect students in 10 states (due to how text books are published and purchased).

All education should be 100% free and accessible to 100% of American citizens, 100% of the time no matter where in America he or she lives. This digital learning system should include grades k-12 and on up, all the way through PHD.