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Stimulating thinking about schoolingby Iowa Future March 20, 2012 – Garr Reynolds, a noted expert on presentations and presentation design, is thinking seriously about education these days. He and his wife just welcomed their second child. Reynolds admits he doesn’t have answers, but suggests a set of nine videos that have been stimulating his thinking about schooling. No commentsRead MoreEconomy has changed, school hasn’tby Iowa Future February 27, 2012 – Author, marketer and 21st century publisher, Seth Godin, weighs in on the future of school by releasing a 30,000-word manifesto, “Stop Stealing Dreams.” The document, released today, is free in a variety of digital formats. “The economy has changed, probably forever,” Godin says, “School hasn’t.” No commentsRead MoreTechnology should be like oxygenby Iowa Future January 27, 2012 – “Technology needs to be like oxygen—ubiquitous, necessary and invisible,” says Chris Lehmann in just one of several educational technology clips included in “A Conversation Starter” article and video created by David Truss at his Pair-a-Dimes for Your Thoughts blog. No commentsRead MoreReform tips from 1995 still usefulby Iowa Future January 24, 2012 – Controversy around education improvement is not new. ASCD last week reprised a 1995 article that sounded like it could have been written today. The article looked at school reform efforts of that era, reviewed a 1990s Public Agenda survey that found the public skeptical, and offered strategies for confronting skepticism. No commentsRead MoreYour best idea for education reformby Iowa Future November 29, 2011 – “What’s the single best idea for reforming K-12 education?” was a question posed to Forbes.com contributor, Steve Denning, earlier this fall. To determine the best idea one must first figure out the biggest problem facing education, Denning says. “To my mind, the biggest problem is a preoccupation with, and the application of, the factory model of management to education, where everything is…” 5 commentsRead MoreThe promise of 1-to-1by Dave Sparks November 22, 2011 – A recent poll cited in T.H.E. Journal, an educational technology journal, showed that nearly 2/3 of school administrators think 1-to-1 computer classrooms where teachers act as a coach are the future of education. 4 commentsRead MoreVollmer: reform a systems problemby Iowa Future November 18, 2011 – Jamie Vollmer argues in his book and in a session at the recent School Administrators of Iowa conference that schools must change. “They were designed to serve a society that no longer exists,” he says in his book, Schools Cannot Do It Alone. Schools built centuries ago to select and sort have outlived any usefulness they had, Vollmer suggests. No commentsRead MoreEastern Iowans sign change compactby Iowa Future October 17, 2011 – Eastern Iowans are signing on to a compact to show the breadth of their support for transformational change in education. The project began last summer with a group of school superintendents who developed a white paper outlining a public approach to school transformation. They also developed a compact, “The Eastern Iowa Compact: A Collaboration to Create Education for the Innovation Age.” 2 commentsRead MoreA passion for innovationby Dave Sparks October 7, 2011 – We talk a lot about innovation here at Iowa Future. Now more than ever innovation is needed to propel our education system forward. Iowa schools are being encouraged to try different approaches, because we know the old methods are no longer working. No commentsRead More |
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