“No Child Left Behind” is an article in the New York times by Carlo Rotella, a well recognized American journalist and writer. Rotella writes for the New York Time Magazine as well as the Washington Post Magazine and has won many awards such as the 2006 Guggenheim Fellowship and Whiting Writers’ Award.
In “No Child Left Behind”, Rotella explores the pros and cons of the newly installed tablets in the schools of Guilford County. Located in Greensboro, North Carolina, Guilford County’s 18 middle schools will be the first to fully integrate the tablets into everyday school use. Every student and teacher will receive a tablet that should be used for teaching lessons, or classwork, homework and educational games. The purpose of the tablet is to transform American education by connecting students and teachers and focusing on personalized learning. As U.S. education falls behind, and billions of dollars are poured into education with no real progress, Joe Klein, the CEO of Amplify emphasizes the need for a much more drastic change. Guilford County serves as the guinea pig as schools across the will U.S. closely watch the tablets’ effect on student enthusiasm, engagement and of course, test scores.
This article is no doubtedly targeted at an audience of teachers and parents who’s children are stuck in the midst of an educational/technological crisis. To demonstrate the benefits and downfalls of the tablets, Rotella interviews a wide variety of people. He asks for opinions of teachers who are wary of the new technology as well as those who think it’ll be a great improvement for students. He also talks to Joel Klein, the CEO of Amplify tablets and Arne Duncan, the U.S.secretary of education. However, even though Rotella represents a wide spectrum of views, he himself clearly states his disproval of plan. He expresses his strong belief that the U.S. is now “overvaluing technology and undervaluing people” and opposes the plan to add so much more screen time to students’ lives. Ultimately, at the end of the article, Rotella questions the reader, “Wouldn’t it make more sense to devote our resources to strengthening the teaching profession with better recruitment, training, support and pay than putting an expensive tool in the hands of teachers we otherwise treat like the poor relations of the high-tech whiz kids who design the tool?”
In “No Child Left Behind”, Rotella explores the pros and cons of the newly installed tablets in the schools of Guilford County. Located in Greensboro, North Carolina, Guilford County’s 18 middle schools will be the first to fully integrate the tablets into everyday school use. Every student and teacher will receive a tablet that should be used for teaching lessons, or classwork, homework and educational games. The purpose of the tablet is to transform American education by connecting students and teachers and focusing on personalized learning. As U.S. education falls behind, and billions of dollars are poured into education with no real progress, Joe Klein, the CEO of Amplify emphasizes the need for a much more drastic change. Guilford County serves as the guinea pig as schools across the will U.S. closely watch the tablets’ effect on student enthusiasm, engagement and of course, test scores.
This article is no doubtedly targeted at an audience of teachers and parents who’s children are stuck in the midst of an educational/technological crisis. To demonstrate the benefits and downfalls of the tablets, Rotella interviews a wide variety of people. He asks for opinions of teachers who are wary of the new technology as well as those who think it’ll be a great improvement for students. He also talks to Joel Klein, the CEO of Amplify tablets and Arne Duncan, the U.S.secretary of education. However, even though Rotella represents a wide spectrum of views, he himself clearly states his disproval of plan. He expresses his strong belief that the U.S. is now “overvaluing technology and undervaluing people” and opposes the plan to add so much more screen time to students’ lives. Ultimately, at the end of the article, Rotella questions the reader, “Wouldn’t it make more sense to devote our resources to strengthening the teaching profession with better recruitment, training, support and pay than putting an expensive tool in the hands of teachers we otherwise treat like the poor relations of the high-tech whiz kids who design the tool?”
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