Amazon could make a major foray into education by converting many of these dilapidated malls into super schools. I could see Amazon integrating the Kindle together with cloud services and an off the shelf LMS like Moodle. The Amazon super school would be up and running stacked with super star instructors from around the world who are versed in Amazon cloud services, e-commerce, drone-delivery, robotics and defense, self-publishing. The superschool would be a non-traditional school with no traditional sports of any type saving millions of dollars on insurance costs that can be dedicated to student success. The curriculum would be exercise, fitness, nutrition, travel, egaming other types of team building activities. Grading or assessment would also be alternative based on course projects rubrics peer reviews phasing out all traditional grades the A through F grades testing would be optional. Instead of the expense of a cafeteria food trucks will be invited with other food delivery services such as Uber Eats. Administrators would be data kings analyzing and identifying student successes and weakness from there precision intervention. With parent and student permission data agreements would be collected and shared with third party companies however parents and students will be compensated for sharing data in the form of scholarships, grants. There would be a contract with parents who would be connected to all their students activities online and offline the students diploma would be from an accredited organization with a portfolio to demonstrates students mastery of skills in their field. Of course there would be no unions of any type to sabotage academic achievement all future employees would be 1099s if they disagree with that setup then go to the traditional unaccountable public school.
A graduate of this superschool will be highly sought after by companies and organizations around the globe with current skills validated online by video, instructor testimony with the blessing of Amazon’s support team that will assist newly minted grads with entrepreneurial opportunities maybe graduating with seed money to launch a billion dollar business aim to be a unicorn not a social justice warrior. Since the graduates of Amazon Edu will possess super skills college is optional let colleges offer these grads full-scholarships or dual credit where graduates can achieve a college degree at 16 years old. The sweetest justice will be graduates not requiring any student loans instead their skills training will enable them to attend colleges and universities that collaborate with Amazon Edu for lower or almost free tuition better than any government plan.
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