What if we made school change a little more simple?

As part of the viewing experience every person is sent a survey to capture feedback. One question asks respondents to (in one word) describe what they want school to be for their kids. After the first showings (with a little under 500 people on the viewing list) these are the most common words that were shared (see graphic below).

Look at those words? Those words reflect passion, a commitment to kids, and a desire for school to be purposeful and meaningful for today’s kids.

We used to think purpose meant basic skills. For a while now we have defined purpose as test preparation. Today with the research on learning at hand we can achieve those two historical drivers of school, while attending to the words that community members chose to describe in that graphic above.

How? This is where it gets fun. The how is so simple that’s it’s not only comforting but you might just breathe a sigh of relief. Here it is…

The reasons we aren’t jumping in (given available data) boil down to lack of shared vision, competing priorities (e.g., use this staged curriculum AND let kids be curious), and fear that if teachers halt didactic instruction test scores will flounder.

What if we did five things and made this entire process simple?

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