Motivated students can learn at home.
Anyone remember Abraham Lincoln’s education? Abe did not have the benefit of the world’s knowledge at his fingertips on the Internet.
If they need a teacher, THOUSANDS of young people can learn from a single teacher at the same time via the Internet.
No class clowns or behavior problems can disrupt the teaching.
Also, parents can watch examples of various teachers’ presentations online and choose which teacher to be the one to teach their children.
Good idea but as part of it we need to bring affordable unmetered broadband to anyone who can not get that, subsidising that would still come in far cheaper than the current school system so it would be well worth the cost and and ‘rural broadband act’ is long overdue.