ABSTRACT
The ubiquitous imposition and acceptance of educational technology is a critical element of the agendas Hill D. has termed the "business agenda in schools" — to produce ever more profit — and the "business agenda for schools" — to produce a compliant, ideologically indoctrinated workforce. Even more importantly, however, National Education Technology Policy suggests that teachers must learn to "use data to personalize instruction" — a requirement also promoted in other moves to reform teacher education. In the graphic, a teacher is in charge of a classroom where each child is seated at a computer; apparently, the teacher's real task is to monitor interaction between student and software. An exacerbated teacher shortage would surely create a crisis that business will be ready to fill with candidates who have alternative types of certification, also promoted by No Child Left Behind. During such a crisis, for example, a pool of paraeducators, or paraprofessionals, might provide replacements for teachers.
