take away the roadblocks that interfere with good teaching.

The recent passing of Steve Jobs reminded me of his thoughts on why our education system doesn't work. Instead of acting as a glorified tape player, the teacher should spend all of their time engaging one-on-one with students and contributing to interactivity in the class room. For example, a math teacher should help students falling behind and a history teacher should stage interactive game shows. The teachers role as a lecturer began before there was a way to use recordings and interactive iPad applications to serve this role. We should encourage educational materials companies to fulfill the role of lecturer and change the teachers role to improve our students without needless distractions. We also need to remove the poorly performing teachers and those that teach to the test.