Deep Conversations... Reinventing the System

“if we truly care about preparing kids for life and work success – we need schools to be different.” Scott McLeod (Dangerously Irrelevant)

McLeod goes on to say, 

          “Essentially, we now have the ability to learn about whatever we want, from whomever we want, whenever and wherever we want, and we also can contribute to this learning environment for the benefit of others. The possibilities for learning and teaching in this information space are both amazing and nearly limitless, but right now this learning often is disconnected from our formal education institutions.” (McLeod) 

This disconnect exists in traditional public schools and charters.

The pen and paper linear and traditional world is fast transforming into one that is hyper-connected, digital, online, mobile and complex.  It is incumbent on public education – traditional and charter – to balance our assessment driven system with the need to reinvent the education system as we know it.  This starts with deep conversations across our schools, organizations and communities.

The challenge is to how to plant the seed for these deep conversations and then use the outcomes for changing the paradigm in our schools and organizations.