Why School?: How Education Must Change When Learning And Information Are Everywhere (2012) - Plot & Excerpts
Every parent must read this book. Schools must change, and educators need informed parents to help us reimagine school for our children. We have an education system designed to meet the needs of the 20th century. We are not preparing our kids for the world they will enter in 10-20 years. The critical skills they need have changed from when we were young. Read this short book to launch your education of how we need to redesign schools to really provide the education our children need. I judge my reads by three things, entertainment, transfer of interesting information or thought provocation. Will Richardson's "Why School" fulfilled the latter in spades. The school where I teach is in the midst of an identity crisis following a very intense accreditation process. "Why School" addresses the very core of our struggle, which is to move into the next age of education by meeting students where they exist, the digital world. The author makes good points about the advantages...and provides important ideas about how, as an educator, to make yourself a viable medium in the digital classroom. He does not, however, address some of the nuts and bolts problems of assessing, individually, considering the time constraints of a modern school day, the performance (learning) in this education environment. Still, as a happy medium kind of gal, he makes me want, certainly in my own classroom, to implement more digital strategies.
What do You think about Why School?: How Education Must Change When Learning And Information Are Everywhere (2012)?
A brilliant look at why schools are failing and what must be done by all stakeholders to save them.
—Lisa
Thought provoking. Reinforces a lot of what I currently believe with some good grounding insights.
—OnreadBFF19
An important read and a good stance to take when thinking about school change.
—alexis
A must read book for educators (and parents)!
—Cherry
