Vancouver Public Schools plans to build an elementary school in downtown Vancouver. School levies are in hundreds of million of dollars, qualified teachers are in demand, and taxes continue to damage the average family income.
There’s no need for paper or books, and yet we insist on passing levies for brick-and-mortar schools. This is not the future! So many of our children today have already succeeded in the basic 3 R’s before kindergarten. Our children are learning faster, and we must look at what purpose buildings serve in the future.
Most children are using electronic devices before they can read and write. Many are being home-schooled these days, which brings up the question: Why aren’t we doing this with more of them? Why do we need buildings?
Computers, robots, PCs — whatever you wish to call them — are the future. Forty-five-minute bus trips to a brick-and-mortar structure are obsolete. Educators should have a thorough discussion of the future of education and how to get there fast, because it’s not going to wait for us. Spend the money on systems and devices instead of bricks.
