Making It Work
How Could We Pay For An EduSpace Education?
Public-Private
Partnerships
Schools are under pressure due to reduced budgets and governments don't seem to be willing to put more money into education anytime soon. If governments are willing, it still would not likely be enough to fully fund schools enough to have the resources available to keep this type of learning taking place unimpeded.
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School Districts will then be required to build public-private partnerships with big business whose best interests would be served by helping fund schools so they are helping create future citizens that are capable of working in the type of society being created by the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
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Public-Private partnerships will not only help businesses, but in the end it will also help society by creating thinkers and creators that will be vital to keep society moving forward in an ever increasingly techological society. According to Puckett, K. (2017), "PPEs are often viewed as an innovative way to provide education for all, and to expand or improve education systems efficiently."
The Ethics of Public-Private Partnerships
School districts will definitely have to be careful to foster ethical relationships with businesses that have the best interest of education and society in mind. This cannot and should not be entered into lightly.
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Districts will have to talk to interested businesses and in reality, interview them about their vision on how they think they can help and what exactly they are willing to do. We do not need businesses that are trying to simply grow new consumers of their products.
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I think that many tech business would be keen on establishing these kinds of relationships, however, it would take time for districts to do the dirty work of sifting through the businesses and finding the right fit.
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"Today, public-private partnerships in education are the 'village' it takes to lead students through k-12 education" (Zotalis, 2019)