What School Could Be : Insights and Inspiration from Teachers across America /
Dintersmith, Ted
What School Could Be : Insights and Inspiration from Teachers across America / Ted Dintersmith. - 1 online resource (264 p.) : 76 b/w illus., 3 tables
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Prologue -- Glossary of Abbreviations -- 1. Conventional Schools and Their Contexts -- 2. Real Gold amid Fool's Gold -- 3. Prepared for What -- 4. The Ivory Tower -- 5. Letting Go -- 6. Social Equity -- 7. Human Potential -- 8. Doing (Obsolete) Things Better -- 9. Doing Better Things -- 10. It Takes a Village -- Reflections -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
An inspiring account of ordinary teachers who are doing extraordinary things that could transform educationWhat School Could Be offers an inspiring vision of what our teachers and students can accomplish if trusted with the challenge of developing the skills and ways of thinking needed to thrive in a world of dizzying technological change.Innovation expert Ted Dintersmith took an unprecedented trip across America, visiting all fifty 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, essential skillsets and mindsets, 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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780691180618 9781400890378
10.23943/9781400890378 doi
Education and state--United States.
Educational accountability--United States.
School improvement programs--United States.
EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General.
Native American students. No Child Left Behind. STEM. achievement gap. affirmative action. assessment. based. best. charter schools. common core. community. competency. cutting edge high schools. entrepreneurial. experiential. factory model. funding. high school of the future. high schools. incentives. innovative. learning. next generation. performance pay. performance. practices. project. robotics. school gardens. standardized testing. strategies. student driven learning. taxes. teacher empowerment. teachers. teaching. vocational. voucher.
LB2822.82 / .D56 2018eb
371.2/07
What School Could Be : Insights and Inspiration from Teachers across America / Ted Dintersmith. - 1 online resource (264 p.) : 76 b/w illus., 3 tables
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Prologue -- Glossary of Abbreviations -- 1. Conventional Schools and Their Contexts -- 2. Real Gold amid Fool's Gold -- 3. Prepared for What -- 4. The Ivory Tower -- 5. Letting Go -- 6. Social Equity -- 7. Human Potential -- 8. Doing (Obsolete) Things Better -- 9. Doing Better Things -- 10. It Takes a Village -- Reflections -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
An inspiring account of ordinary teachers who are doing extraordinary things that could transform educationWhat School Could Be offers an inspiring vision of what our teachers and students can accomplish if trusted with the challenge of developing the skills and ways of thinking needed to thrive in a world of dizzying technological change.Innovation expert Ted Dintersmith took an unprecedented trip across America, visiting all fifty 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, essential skillsets and mindsets, 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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780691180618 9781400890378
10.23943/9781400890378 doi
Education and state--United States.
Educational accountability--United States.
School improvement programs--United States.
EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General.
Native American students. No Child Left Behind. STEM. achievement gap. affirmative action. assessment. based. best. charter schools. common core. community. competency. cutting edge high schools. entrepreneurial. experiential. factory model. funding. high school of the future. high schools. incentives. innovative. learning. next generation. performance pay. performance. practices. project. robotics. school gardens. standardized testing. strategies. student driven learning. taxes. teacher empowerment. teachers. teaching. vocational. voucher.
LB2822.82 / .D56 2018eb
371.2/07