We Must Question and Dream
“Freedom is the right to question and change the established way of doing things,” President Ronald Reagan eloquently stated in his 1988 speech at Moscow State University. “It is the right to dream – to follow your dream or stick to your conscience even if you’re the only one in a sea of doubters.”
I thought of this quote by President Reagan as I read the headline I had been anticipating – school reform is back on the state agenda.
Ohio school districts will soon be facing the reality of a new state biennial budget – a budget sure to have a new vision for our children. Four consecutive Ohio governors have proposed significant reforms for our education system. With each reform movement have come requirements and procedures, policies and legislation. Some ideas have proved to be effective while others have simply been a waste of time. Regardless of party affiliation or ideology there is a common thread to each movement . . . the status quo isn’t getting it done for all students in
I thought of this quote by President Reagan as I read the headline I had been anticipating – school reform is back on the state agenda.Ohio school districts will soon be facing the reality of a new state biennial budget – a budget sure to have a new vision for our children. Four consecutive Ohio governors have proposed significant reforms for our education system. With each reform movement have come requirements and procedures, policies and legislation. Some ideas have proved to be effective while others have simply been a waste of time. Regardless of party affiliation or ideology there is a common thread to each movement . . . the status quo isn’t getting it done for all students in
The world our children will inherit
The world that our children experience
This blog seeks to capture aspects of emerging technology and culture that will shape the world of tomorrow for the students of today. The way we have taught kids in the past just won’t cut it into the future. The traditional classroom is predicated on a control philosophy. The teacher’s role has been to manage and control the behaviours of the class and once this is achieved, to then be the provider of knowledge and content.
Some students can cope with the school models of the past, but many students (dare say most students) do
This blog seeks to capture aspects of emerging technology and culture that will shape the world of tomorrow for the students of today. The way we have taught kids in the past just won’t cut it into the future. The traditional classroom is predicated on a control philosophy. The teacher’s role has been to manage and control the behaviours of the class and once this is achieved, to then be the provider of knowledge and content.
Some students can cope with the school models of the past, but many students (dare say most students) do