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Reich, a professor at MIT, is the veritable definition of a straight shooter. Both ed-tech evangelists and skeptics (like me) should be interested in his exploration of how and why technology has failed to live up to the promise of fundamentally upending how we teach. I’d describe Reich as someone who believes in the power of technology as a tool of instruction who is also disappointed in how this potential gets treated at the institutional level. As a skeptic, I wound up warmer to the possibilities of ed tech after reading Reich. I think an evangelist would (hopefully) feel somewhat chastened.

Reich, a professor at MIT, is the veritable definition of a straight shooter. Both ed-tech evangelists and skeptics (like me) should be interested in his exploration of how and why technology has failed to live up to the promise of fundamentally upending how we teach. I’d describe Reich as someone who believes in the power of technology as a tool of instruction who is also disappointed in how this potential gets treated at the institutional level. As a skeptic, I wound up warmer to the possibilities of ed tech after reading Reich. I think an evangelist would (hopefully) feel somewhat chastened.

From Joshua Kim: Why you should read Justin Reich’s essential new book before planning your school’s next big educational technology-related initiative.

Julien Damon , columnist at Les Echos, is an associate professor at Sciences Po shares his insights.

If all the adults in the house lose their job and the only person who can work is in high school and is assigned shifts during the day, it’s not that schools are totally powerless to address that situation,” he said. “But you’re asking schools that are already under tremendous strains to take on responsibilities that are probably better addressed by other forms of social policy.

He jokingly sums up the learning outcomes of MOOCs with a simplified observation he calls Reich’s Law: “People who do stuff do more stuff, and people who do stuff do better than people who don’t do stuff.”

Written for the Higher Education Chronicle. Utopian-minded tech gurus promise they’ll solve all of academe’s problems. They won’t.

Author Justin Reich is quoted in the NY Times Magazine in Emily Bazelon’s article “Will This Be A Lost Year for America’s Children.”

Kanwal Singh reviews Justin Reich’s latest book for Science Magazine.

The over-blown claims for new technology in education never materialize. Even in the Pandemic it is old style technology that is being most deployed. Professor Justin Reich of MIT ask why?