1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,120 Speaker 1: Well, The New York Times published an article the other 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:07,560 Speaker 1: day that must have made every liberal reader orgasmic. Silicon 3 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:11,360 Speaker 1: Valley billionaires are remaking American schools. Some of them are 4 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:15,640 Speaker 1: offering grants to encourage innovation. Others, like Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, 5 00:00:15,960 --> 00:00:19,599 Speaker 1: are taking a more profitable approach. He's got software in 6 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:22,919 Speaker 1: a hundred schools which supposedly puts kids in charge of 7 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:27,720 Speaker 1: their own learning and turns teachers into facilitators and mentors. Obviously, 8 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:30,960 Speaker 1: if his software takes off, it's a huge market and 9 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:34,840 Speaker 1: paid for by taxpayers, not Zuckerberg. Now, while these rich 10 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:39,639 Speaker 1: and influential titans of technology are focused on education, millions 11 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:42,640 Speaker 1: of students are serving as de facto beta testers for 12 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:46,320 Speaker 1: their ideas. As the Times puts it, anyway, that's shut 13 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:49,159 Speaker 1: to bring a smile to every liberal. I mean, this 14 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:53,680 Speaker 1: has all the elements, rich, successful progressive tech gurus on 15 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:58,960 Speaker 1: federal subsidies giving back to the community beta testing their kids. 16 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:02,000 Speaker 1: But in reality this is a damning indictment of the 17 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:06,040 Speaker 1: state of public education when all the money American taxpayers 18 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:08,680 Speaker 1: have poured into it for decades, we ought to have 19 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:11,880 Speaker 1: the best education system in the world now, not years. 20 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:14,280 Speaker 1: In the future, and we shouldn't need these tech titans 21 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:18,920 Speaker 1: to do it. Instead, we have massive institutional failure, an 22 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:22,280 Speaker 1: education system that has been run into the ground Biliberals 23 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:25,759 Speaker 1: and their unions in the first place, and unless that's acknowledged, 24 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:36,479 Speaker 1: new technology, no matter how great, will not turn it around. 25 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:40,119 Speaker 1: With Rush seven, you never have to miss one word 26 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:43,639 Speaker 1: of the Rush Limbaugh Show and now new Yearly members 27 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 1: get Russia's exclusive tumbler. Sip from Russia's wisdom all day 28 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:53,320 Speaker 1: long with Rush seven, and Russia's Exclusive tumbler is our 29 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:57,400 Speaker 1: best tumbler yet. Check it out at Russia limba dot com. 30 00:01:57,600 --> 00:01:59,919 Speaker 1: You're listening to the E I B networ