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What School Could Be
- Insights and Inspiration from Teachers Across America
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Innovation expert Ted Dintersmith took an unprecedented trip across America, visiting all 50 states in a single school year. He originally set out to raise awareness about the urgent need to reimagine education to prepare students for a world marked by innovation, but America's teachers one-upped him.
All across the country, he met teachers in ordinary settings doing extraordinary things, creating innovative classrooms where children learn deeply and joyously as they gain purpose, agency, and real knowledge. Together, these new ways of teaching and learning offer a vision of what school could be and a model for transforming schools throughout the United States and beyond. Better yet, teachers and parents don't have to wait for the revolution to come from above. They can readily implement small changes that can make a big difference.
America's clock is ticking. Our archaic model of education trains our kids for a world that no longer exists, and accelerating advances in technology are eliminating millions of jobs. But the trailblazing of many American educators gives us reasons for hope. Capturing bold ideas from teachers and classrooms across America, What School Could Be provides a realistic, and profoundly optimistic, roadmap for creating cultures of innovation and real learning in all our schools.
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- Spencer Wenzel
- 2018-11-17
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I really like some of the ideas presented in this book. It gave me a unique perspective on the school system. However it was a very surface level analysis. For example, he argues for portfolio based admissions to university but never discussed the limitations of such a system. For example, parents creating a student portfolio. Also, with any change comes a new set of problems. He never dives into what difficulties present the changes in school. I really liked how this book got me thinking about change but would have liked to see it more critical.
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- Aaron
- 2020-07-19
A unique exploration of American education.
The author spent a year visiting schools in all of the 50 states.
He paints a picture of an educational system full of unused potential for the innovation era, and highlights the power that education has for all communities regardless of income level.
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