The Global Search for Education: Just Imagine Secretary Weingarten
“If we could turn back the clock, we would like to have seen a greater emphasis on our biggest challenges–funding inequity, segregation, the effects of poverty. We would have welcomed a major expansion of high-quality early childhood education, and greater support for career and technical education and community schools.” — Randi Weingarten What will be the legacy of Race to the Top and Barack Obama’s...
Around the World in 30 Days: August 2016
C. M. Rubin’s Global Education Report What would you do if you were US Education Secretary? What Curriculum makes education relevant in a 21st Century world? What do Millennials around the world think about Immigration? What do our Top Global Teachers do to promote integration in their increasingly diverse classrooms? Those are the questions we were most curious about this month. Some time early next year a new President may...
The Global Search for Education: WHAT Knowledge?
“We are taking the trends identified by futurists and economists, and connecting them to relevant fields of study and competencies required.” — Charles Fadel Employers complain that graduates are not ready for work. Students who drop out cite boredom and lack of motivation as their major reasons for leaving school. Stanford University studies indicate students are overloaded and underprepared. WHAT should we teach...
The Global Search for Education: Just Imagine Secretary Fisher
“Amidst debates about college access and affordability, we think the question of employer needs should sit at the core of higher education conversations. Without answering it, we risk pumping more and more students through a costly system that is not aligned in reliable ways to the job market.” — Julia Freeland Fisher What will be the legacy of Race to the Top and Barack Obama’s other education initiatives?...
The Global Search for Education: WHAT is “Four-Dimensional” Education?
“Our framework is a result of the analysis and synthesis of research on learning sciences, views from futurists and economists, standards around the world, and needs of employers and societies — all organized to be maximally comprehensive, compact, appropriate, and globally relevant.” — Charles Fadel According to Center for Curriculum Redesign (CCR) founder Charles Fadel, education is “falling behind its...
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