[Global HR Forum 2011] Education Nation : Six Leading Edges of Innovation in our Schools

Education NationSix Leading Edges of

Innovation in our Schools

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Global HR Forum, Seoul, KoreaNovember 3, 2011

Milton Chen, PhDSenior Fellow

George Lucas Educational [email protected]

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Imagine an Education Nation…

A learning society where education of children is the highest priority, on par with a strong economy, high with a strong economy, high employment, and national security.

A nation is only as good as its educational system.

The U.S. an Education Nation?

• Of 50 1st-grade students behind in reading, 44 still behind in 4th-grade

• A HS student drops out every 26 seconds,6,000 each day 6,000 each day (Tough Choices or Tough Times, 2006)

• CA students 1 year behind U. S. average, 2-3 years behind best states (NAEP 2007, 8th-gr. math)

• Closing the gap could contribute $2 trillion per year in GDP (McKinsey & Co., 2010)

Australia: An Education Nation?

Broadband. 1:1 Programs.

Asian Proximity. Asian Proximity. English -speaking.

Democracy. Rule of Law. Respect for IP.

Mark R. AndersonStrategic News Service, 2009

America ’s Strength: School/Community Partnerships

A “ladder of learning ” from pre -K through “ gray ” blending formal and informal “ gray ” blending formal and informal learning through schools, universities, media, museums, libraries, companies, churches, youth groups, parks, and more

• Innovation: The Key to an Education Nation

• A ““““Must Do,” Not Just ““““Nice to Know ””””

• Internet Time: Google 13 Years Old, • Internet Time: Google 13 Years Old, YouTube 6 Years

• Every Minute, 24 Hours of New YouTube Video

The Key to Educational Innovation?It’’’’s Simple: School Life = Real Life. Authentic Learning

““““From the standpoint of the child, the great waste i n the school comes from his inability to utilize the the school comes from his inability to utilize the experiences he gets outside the school…within the school itself while, on the other hand, he is unabl e to apply in daily life what he is learning at school. ””””

John Dewey, The School and Society lecture, University of Chicago, 1899

6 Leading Edges of K -12 Innovation

1. Thinking2. Curriculum & Assessment

3. Technology3. Technology

4. Time/Place

5. Co-Teaching

6. Youth

1. The Thinking Edge: New Roles!

Write the 21 st C. Job Description:The End of the Solo PractitionerThe Rise of the Team Collaborator

• Principals • Librarians

• Teachers • Community Partners

• Students

3. The Technology Edge

• Weapons of Mass Instruction, 1:1 edutopia.org/maine-project-learning-

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• iPod, iListen, iReadsites.google.com/a/eusd.org/eusd-iread/

• Online Learning• Online Learningedutopia.org/stw-online-learning-new-breakthroughs

• Wiki-Based 8th -Gr. US History

• Intelligent Text

• Assistive Tech/Universal Design

4. The Time/Place Edge

• Schools as ““““Prisoners of Time ””””

www2.ed.gov/pubs/PrisonersOfTime/Prisoners.html

• A New Day for Learning, Beyond the Bellwww.newdayforlearning.org

• Place-Based Learning: Museums, Libraries, Parks, Gardens

5. The Teaching Edge: Co -Teaching

• Parents as Co -Educators

• Linking Home, School, Many Learning PlacesPlaces

• Experts as Co -Educators: Librarians, Museum Educators, Scientists, Historians, Architects, Writers, Artists

6. The Greatest Edge: Today ’’’’s Youth

• 95% of Stakeholders

• Digital Natives Carrying Change in their PocketsPockets

• Generation YES: Students as TAsgenyes.org

• Edutopia ’’’’s Digital Generationedutopia.org/digital-generation

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edutopia.org/digital-generation

What’’’’s your definition of a great school?

Make it short and measurable!

Do the kids run in at the same rate they run out? same rate they run out?