Earlier this week Scott McLeod pushed our thinking with a post titled We Have to Stop Pretending…..#MakeSchoolDifferent. Please be sure to check out his post and the many thought-provoking comments. My colleague and friend Jackie Gerstein tagged me so here are my additions:
When it comes to education, we have to stop pretending…
- that just because kids are engaged they are always learning
- that technology is a silver bullet that will transform education
- that the only leaders in a school or district have a specific title
- that the best schools are so because they work well for the adults
- that instruction has to be delivered in a uniform fashion.
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So what do you feel needs to change in education in order to make school different?
