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Education Nation:6 Leading Edges of School

Innovation

Summer Alumni SummitCollege of Education, Lipscomb University

Nashville, June 27, 2014

Milton Chen, Ph.D., Senior FellowGeorge Lucas Educational Foundation

San Francisco Bay Areamilton.chen@edutopia.org

My Learning Journey: Longest Street in the World to a

Galaxy Long Ago & Far, Far Away

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U.S. an Education Nation?

• Of 50 1st-grade students behind in reading, 44 still behind in 4th-grade

• A HS student drops out every 26 seconds, 6,000 each day

• Closing the gap could contribute $2 trillion per year in GDP

America’s Strength: School/Community Partnerships

Blending formal and informal learning through schools, universities, media, museums, libraries, businesses, churches, youth groups, parks

A New Day for Learning: 24/7/365

6 Edges of Innovation Moving to the Center

1. Thinking

2. Curriculum & Assessment

3. Technology

4. Time/Place

5. Co-Teaching, inc. Parents!

6. Youth

Learning Any Time, Any Place, Any Path, Any Pace

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Thinking Edge: Teaching The Whole ChildHoward Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences

1. Verbal2. Logical/Mathematical 3. Visual4. Musical5. Bodily/Kinesthetic6. Intrapersonal7. Interpersonal 8. Naturalist

The Thinking Edge: New Roles!

21st C. Educator: End of Solo Practitioner, Rise of Team Collaborator

• Teachers -> Mentors, Team Leaders

• Students -> Team Members, Scholars

The Technology Edge

• Weapons of Mass Instruction, 1:1

• iPod, iListen, iRead

• Online Learning

• Intelligent Text

• Assistive Tech/Universal Design

The Greatest Edge: Today’s Youth

• 95% of Stakeholders

• Digital Natives Carrying Change in their Pockets

• Generation YES: Students as TAs genyes.org

• Edutopia’s Digital Generation edutopia.org/digital-generation

What’s your definition of a great school?

Make it short and measurable!

Do the students run in at the same rate

they run out?