http://speedchange.blogspot.com/2008/05/toolbelt-theory-for-everyone.html
wrote the Drool Room
learning in a way not recognized by the people in power
school wasn't originally designed for good - it was designed to label and segregate
school is not really failing what it was designed for. so if you call into question what you're wanting, it's going to take more than tweaking.
school was designed to fail 75% - to weed out people for the workforce
school was designed so that those with money would be able to keep their success
1800 's - to decapitalize the country.
if we don't like what's going on - it's the system that has to change. not the teachers and students
Alcott and Barnard
Dewey vs. Cubberly and Thorndike
Ira has written a great series called "Designed to Fail" that captures a lot of the history he is discussing http://speedchange.blogspot.com/2010/09/designed-to-fail-education-in-america.html
Link to the series http://tomazlasic.net/why-is-everyone-an-expert-on-education/
we think because we went to school we're experts at education
bill gates - because he's made a lot of money - must know what he's doing
poor people must not know what their doing
strategy for affecting change - empowering people who are in the buildings first
not that parents can't be innovative - most just have had a bad experience in school
we have to change what tech is in school
we have to let kids choice tech for selves
there is nothing for everyone
we don't value family here. the less money you have the less time you have to spend with your family.
the better you do at eradicating poverty -
western michigan k-5 - after kindergarten they have 3 possible tracts, traditional, looping and 120 kids and 6 teachers in one giant 1-5 classroom
colleges of ed are not leading this - so we need to
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