Elon Musk, the founder of Hawthorne-based rocket developer SpaceX, made a novel suggestion on how to improve schools.
A few weeks ago at an aerospace conference, Musk suggested that we do away with the conventional school teacher role, which he said was inconsistent and often amateurish.
Instead, we should spend millions of dollars to create lesson videos with engaging speakers and special effects to capture the attention and imagination of students. He likened it to the latest Batman move "Dark Knight," which brought top actors and top special effects to create a topnotch movie.
Teachers in the classroom would then be facilitators in the classroom instead of instructors, in Musk's view.
He acknowledged that his ideas were controversial, but Musk doesn't seem like the type of guy who shrinks from challenges or controversy.
Sounds like a good idea to me. Make learning more engaging. Anything better than what we have in schools now!