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School of the Future Part 2: Infrastructure
Feb 19th
Tweet The way I see things, in the school of the future there will either be a building where everyone meets to engage in learning, or there won’t be. Let’s look at both possible scenarios. Scenario 1: A building. A far less radical scenario than the one to follow, let’s imagine for a moment that the school of the
School of the Future Series: In Defense of Daydreaming
Feb 19th
Tweet After generating a little interest in this series and a some scorn, I need to answer one question for myself before I continue this fantasy. That question is, why waste your time daydreaming about the future when the present state of education is in such disarray? The inquiry is a fair one to be leveled, and I answer in this way.
School of the Future Part 1: Funding
Feb 15th
Tweet I am taking certain things for granted even discussing funding when it comes to the school of the future. Mainly, that education will continue to be mandated by the federal government. I certainly hope that as a society we continue to value education and require it of all our citizens, but when thinking of the future
School of the Future Series: Introduction
Feb 15th
Tweet My PLN and I spend a great deal of time talking about the future. We often bandy about phrases like 21st Century Skills, Digital Citizenship, Digital Native and others. We also spend a great deal of time bemoaning the current (undeniably broken) state of things in the educational system. After many conversations I started thinking, ‘what does this
Maybe We Need to Cut Our Administrators Some Slack
Jan 10th
Tweet I often bemoan, if not openly criticize the seeming slowness with which administrators are leading (or not leading) the charge to transform our schools. From my perspective as a teacher, they are an easy target, having voluntarily placed themselves squarely in the bull’s-eye after all. But just the other day I had a conversation with my superintendent
Dear Mr. Patterson: Our Students Are Not a Special Interest Group
Dec 3rd
Tweet Governor Patterson has unilaterally decided to withhold funding for New York’s public schools, despite the legislature’s passage of a deficit reduction plan. This results in an effective mid-year cut to school districts that are already hemorrhaging from last year’s trimming. I understand that New York is in the middle of a very large financial crisis, and that
