Here is a sentence for you: Wealth inequality begins with education inequality.
I believe that sentence and I believe we as educators need to work as hard as we can to provide a high-quality education for as many people as we possibly can across our world. The world has desperate needs and this needs to be at the top of that list.
Live education is absolutely wonderful. I love walking into class each day in order to teach 20-30 college students. However, I think I could do more good on this planet by trying to provide a high-quality education to 5,000 students around the world. And, that requires online education.
The Virginia Society of CPAs asked me to give a virtual speech this morning to a group of educators describing my experiences in teaching online courses and live courses. Trust me, they didn't have to ask twice. This is a topic I feel very strongly about.
After giving the presentation, I came home and opened up Zoom and did it again so that I could record it. The YouTube link is below. I have given a lot of speeches about education over my life but I don't remember giving one where I felt more passionate about the topic.
I hope you will watch a little or a lot or all of it twice. More importantly, think about your teaching and your school. How can you provide a high quality education to as many people around the world as possible? We are teachers. This should be what we do.
Please pass along the link to anyone who might be interested.
