The days of school teachers recording grades with pen and
paper are long over. The article referenced above outlines how the Department
of Education has invested over 200 million dollars into using big data to our
educational systems. This can range from anything to testing and grades to
student behavior to career development.
The educational system and the investment we make into it
will always be a hot button political issue in our country. At the end of the
day, if we are able to enhance student results and intelligence with big data,
it will create a smarter society overall. The investment that it takes to
create things like effective software and algorithms are nothing compared to
the profound overall effect that they can have on the future of our country.
Further, the article talks about how the data can create a
customized learning experience for each student. Although schools will never be
able to afford a personal teacher for each student, the programs can provide a
similar service seeing that they are able to cater to each child’s learning
needs almost instantly. This can go further and improve things like dropout
rates while increasing test scores. Big data is the wave of the future, so
there’s no reason that our country should not be making a tremendous investment
into applying it to our education systems.
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