We need to fundamentally change the way we teach K-12 students in the United States. Mass assembly line education has to be changed into an individualized and personalized educational process where mobile technology is used to facilitate the personalized approach. Here, Knowledge Center mobile and wireless analyst J. Gerry Purdy explains why, once mobile technology is used, all students who go through K-12 education in the United States will have each learned at his or her own rate and will experience a better outcome because of it.
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has been a lot of discussion about how to improve education in the
United States. Clearly, the United States is not the top-ranked country
in math, science or English test scores. Yet, it is ranked at the top
in broadband access (total subscribers) and adoption of portable PCs. One soluti…