Guest Commentary: California Fails at Giving Children a Quality High-Tech Education

K. Lloyd Billingsley is the editorial director of the Pacific Research Institute which is the publisher of the soon-to-be-released book Short-Circuited: The Challenges Facing the Online Learning Revolution in California.
In an op-ed published by sfexaminer.com, Billingsley wrote. "Countries such as Indonesia, Mexico, Singapore, India and China, along with the European Union, are taking full advantage of online education. California, home to Silicon Valley and major high-tech companies, lags far behind. One of the reasons is opposition from teachers unions. "
Billingsley added: "It will soon be 2011, but these unions still operate under a 19th-century industrial model completely unsuitable for education. More technology means better efficiency, which means fewer workers are necessary to perform the same job. So unions fight to block technological innovation."
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