Guest Commentary: Online Eduction Vital to Improvement

An op-ed article written by Darrel Deide, chairman of Idahoans for Choice in Education, has been getting a lot of traction in that state.
Little wonder.  Idaho has been the scene of one of the most hotly-contested and debated edtech-center reform plan in the nation. And there's no doubt the debate will continue through 2012. A referendum that would repeal most of the education reforms won earlier this year, is on the ballot.
That may be why Deidre's article hit a nerve.
"According to the leaders of the Idaho Education Association, Idaho’s education labor union, online education is wrong for Idaho students. If you have followed the testimony offered at the public hearings recently held around the state, you might have come away with the same belief," he wrote.
"In reality, the union’s objection to digital learning has nothing to do with the quality of education. It has everything to do with the union’s desire to maintain its monopoly," he continued.
"Why should the education union block our kids’ access to technology that they will need to use to be competent, successful and well-rounded for post-secondary education or a career? It simply makes no sense," he added.
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