Are great teachers a problem for the growth of blended learning?

by John Watson, Keeping Pace K12

The best teachers are, of course, hugely beneficial to students, families, and schools. But holding up the best teachers as models of blended learning success may cause problems for the field. Transformation is not going to happen if it requires an extraordinarily time-consuming, voluntary contribution from millions of teachers. But the stories create the impression that perhaps professional learning isn’t really needed; perhaps the time for professional learning isn’t really needed; perhaps all teachers can learn these tools on their own, or within their professional learning communities, and the transformation will occur. The stories are inspiring, but the lessons that may be taken from them are wrong.

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