After a very large breakfast, an early morning conversation, and a belief that knowledge and change is created by bringing together different beliefs and philosophies, a group of us though we should inite as many forward thinking, innovative educators to share their thoughts and opinions on education today and how we can improve it for tomorrow. What better time than now… the beginning of a new school year.
This page will be”under construction” for a few days as it is loaded up with as many goodies as possible. As educators we are all part of a system, antiquated in many ways but, rooted in professional classroom practice. Lets us begin a conversation about how to create student centered classrooms with the end effect of created a truly student centered educational system.
The guys who created South Park created this animation based on a talk given by the Buddhist teacher Alan Watts.
How do we or should we move beyond this? I believe we absolutely need to move beyond where we are now. We need to create smaller schools, with very specific missions, to meet the needs and interests of the students who attend. These smaller schools, democratically run by their staffs and students will loose their strict hierarchies and gain nimble, reactive environments rooted in their communites specific needs.
