Versions of this presentation have made the rounds for a couple of years now, constantly being updated. While some of the information is misleading, and some is controversail due to the way it is collected, the general concept is fascinating.
In the U.S. we sometimes take a myopic world view. Digital connectivity has significantly changed the way the world operates. The implications for education are obvious. To prepare our students for today and tomorrow's world, we must adapt and alter our methodologies and approaches. Today's high school graduate has to be a problem solver with an adaptability to fluid, changing systems.
Grosse Pointe's High Schools 2.0 concept aims to address the needs of our future leaders. For more information on this concept, review archived blogs posts on High Schools 2.0.
The Principal's Office is a blog created by Tim Bearden, Chief Academic Officer and Upper School Director at Detroit Country Day School, an independent school in Beverly Hills, MI. While content will sometimes be specific to Country Day, the majority of posts are specific in scope to issues concerning teaching and learning in the 21st century.
Monday, March 2, 2009
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What will education at North look like ten years from now?
It has been over thrity five years since I graduated from high school. When I graduated from a small rural high school in Wayne County there were no cell phones. Computers were the size of a small home. A handheld calculator was the size of a toaster and plugged into an outlet. Science savvy people used a think called a slide rule for computations.
Other than those things, and that the legal drinking age in Michigan was 18, schools haven't changed much. Back then we had the John Birch society on one end of the political spectrum and its polar opposite would be Students for a Democratic Society, those radical SDS.
Kids still sat in desks while the teachers taught, took tests at the ends of units, took a number of required courses, and those who were lucky, went to college, or obtained work in a factory. Back then people hoped that hard work and a good education would move them forward in society. Today's economic uncertainty, and the implications of the knowledge age seem to have zapped the hope from schools.
What would schools look like if they were really hopeful learning environments? How would we like to see schools change to give hope to students?
I like North's theme of "Be the change you wish to see in the world." Be the school you wish to see. Be thankful that your school is giving you what you need to prepare you for the future and if not, work for change that's needed.
Time definitely brings change - more quickly now than ever before! I agree with you that we should be thankful in Grosse Pointe for the opportunities are schools afford students, and we'll continue to try and provide the best possible environment and preparation!
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