Educational Technology

June 7, 2015

Parents slam schools on ‘Trip Advisor-style’ websites: Commenters blast teachers and class sizes in online rants

Filed under: Educational Technology — admin @ 12:40 am

by Daily Mail

The two sites, School Reviewer and School Guide, have been set up by parents frustrated by the lack of real information about the schools they were considering beyond often bland or impenetrable reports by education authorities. Critics warned they risked allowing parents with a grudge to damage the reputation of schools or their staff, but the sites said they were careful to vet comments. Edwin Chan, a 45-year-old financier who is behind the School Reviewer site, said it had grown out of his frustration with attempting to glean honest information on potential schools for his children.  He said: ‘Short of standing outside the school gates and canvassing opinions from parents, I had no other source of parental reviews or opinions on those schools via the internet.’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3104115/Parents-slam-schools-Trip-Advisor-style-websites-Commenters-blast-teachers-class-sizes-online-rants.html

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