The dirty secret on NYC schools is that the upper-middle class tends to send their kids to private schools unless they can get their kids into some gifted/talented public schools. The real experimentation on what tools will and will not work is happening there under the watchful eye of wealthy hyper-involved (see: comfy jobs w/ adequate spare time) parents.

I don't know what level of digital tools is best for which types of kids, but the public school system would be prudent in adopting the learnings from the private school system and making sure the best education isn't just available to the rich. The current mayor is mad-effective at his job but does have a habit of doing the ol' wink-wink nod-nod to keep his base happy. This (along with a pointless Waymo ban) sounds like one of those actions.

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jansport123 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

bigger reason to ban AI in public schools then. AI + neglectful parents is a disaster in the making.

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pj_mukh 3 days ago | parent [-]

Yes that would work out well if by this ban we could also properly fund schools to create enough teaching staff. But you and I both know that's not happening.

So on the off-chance one of these tools (that even used AI in the background) could create a tool that actually worked well for, say, gifted public schools kids that don't need as much one-on-one attention, they could free up limited human teacher hours to give weaker kids more attention, that is no longer a possibility.

That possibility, only remains for private school kids, who don't even need it in the first place.

	▲	rotringlvr 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Nyc public schools get $40k/pupil. If there aren't enough teachers, I dont think money is the issue. Even allowing for generous overhead a ridiculous small class size of 15 could afford $320 000/year salary. Its not the money.

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ridifjfj38 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

What if the learning from private schools is to have small class sizes, well paid teachers, and a situation where parents have time and resources to spend their kids? It’s hard to compare public versus private

	▲	pj_mukh 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Yea. This ban's gonna create none of that. Read my other comment in this thread.

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senordevnyc 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This is in no way a secret…

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rotringlvr 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

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