Look, I too think it would be very exciting if this time it was different. But Gates and so many others have been banging the personalized learning drum for well over a decade, all to underwhelming results. If we are meant to take their predictions for this new personalized learning technology seriously, I think they should seriously account for the underperformance of the old personalized learning technology first.
Source: Bill Gates Tells Oprah About Edtech’s Past, Not Its Future by Dan Meyer