KHAN Academy: The future of education?

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59. its price is what would make it attractive to the demographic(s) at my school

roughly 63 percent hispanic; most of the rest are poor, rural whites. just about everyone qualifies for free or reduced meals. i have 18 students in my homeroom and i teach another group of 20 in the afternoon; my kids pretty much match the campus demographics - except that i have a small handful of higher (relatively speaking) income whites and blacks who chose to send their kids there for the dual language program. i have (in addition to my own) four computers in the classroom. i am always looking for free stuff on he internet. i got some of the white kids to finally start learning their spanish verb conjugations when i found a website that generates sentences and the kids have to type in the correct form of the verb.

so those are the only demographics i have ever taught. there are two elementary schools in the district that are fairly segregated - one that is almost all rich white kids and the other which is almost all poor black kids. these two schools always get priority when it comes to new technology. mainly because those two demographic groups (rich whites and poor blacks) control the school board, there isn't a single hispanic in the bunch. don't ge me wrong, i am glad that the black kids and parents have people from their community to represent them on the board, i just wish we did too. btw, there are other elementary schools here that are fully integrated (with each group representing roughly a thrid of the student body). i don't want to give the impression that each group is relegated to its own campus, only that there are three campuses where one of the three major ethnic groups is extremely over represented.