Let’s Build a New System
Educational consultant Barbara Brier writes about how the current educational system can’t be saved, and references a phenomenal post by Tom Haskins.
After reading smart people like Dan Pink and Sir Ken Robinson, understanding how technology is changing our lives, and speaking to several teachers recently who all echoed similar sentiments, I think she’s right.
Most attempts to fix the system are incremental. Things like “stronger, more consistent curriculum standards nationwide; lengthening the school day and year; and improving teacher quality through merit pay and other measures.”
How about re-imagining what learning could be like, and then going to build that?
We have the luxury of not being the incumbent, but we have the challenge of trying to institute change from the outside.
Either way, something needs to be done.
So, off to write some more code…
June 12th, 2007 at 1:05 pm
You have no idea how right you are…
This blog has now become a daily stop for me as I continue my quest to reform education from the inside out.
Best,
J.
June 12th, 2007 at 2:52 pm
kareem
It appears you guys are up to some serious good. I’m very glad I now have you on my radar. Good luck getting in a flow state whenever you’re solving problems. There’s tons of microlearning ahead!
tom
June 15th, 2007 at 7:26 pm
Well, if the current one can’t be saved, mind as well make a new one. As education revolution sets the example of a better way, people will undoubtedly flock towards it. There are a lot of people wanting this. Amazing what you can do with code.. =) Thanks Kareem!
June 16th, 2007 at 6:38 am
Great posts, I work for a large corporation and we are doing a lot of work to get kids interested in technology. It is a fine line we have to walk though. One of the problems is getting teachers to really get out and have time to figure out what is happening in the real world.
I hope that everyone realizes that the K-12 teacher in the US is extremely overworked. If the parents did more at home with the children, a lot of the problems we are seeing would dissipate.
But then again, I think that maybe artificial intelligence would help out in education.