Guest Commentary: Indianapolis Star Publishes A Skeptic's View of Virtual Education

Jeff Swensson is the superintendent of Carmel Clay Schools, which is located in a suburb of Indianapolis. The district serves 15,573 students.
In a commentary published in the Indianapolis Star, Swensson wrote, "The unhappy truth of putting all of learning or education into a "virtual basket" for any student is that we marginalize the potential for exchange; virtual thinking and virtual knowledge are subsumed into a vacuum bereft of real time exchange, challenge, feedback and interaction."
"Quality education, the result of many factors, including a wonderful effective public school educator, cannot be generated out of thin air like tea from a Replicator on Star Trek," he added.
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