Nothing succeeds like success! Absolutely. Love the quote from the Rutter's 15000 hours report - single factor that decides those from poor backgrounds who succeed in life from those who don't is that 'they were good at SOMETHING in school.' So why don't we give kids time and space to self directedly follow their own interests, concerns, questions, talents - Say - 20% of curriculum time - where they can get really good at something that really motivates them.
Yeah, School turns kids off of the subjects. It’s a travesty and we’re still doing it. There are millions of kids sitting in school today right now as we were talking about this.
You nailed it “there’s a lot of senior leaders who are not prepared to do that.” That’s an indicator of a collapsing system. Everyone is afraid to lose their income for doing something different and yet do something better. It has to be different.
Nothing succeeds like success! Absolutely. Love the quote from the Rutter's 15000 hours report - single factor that decides those from poor backgrounds who succeed in life from those who don't is that 'they were good at SOMETHING in school.' So why don't we give kids time and space to self directedly follow their own interests, concerns, questions, talents - Say - 20% of curriculum time - where they can get really good at something that really motivates them.
Thanks Derry. Another compelling case for your 20% proposal!!!
I know how we can reduce the cost and give amazing learning experiences in creativity and problem-solving.
Yeah, School turns kids off of the subjects. It’s a travesty and we’re still doing it. There are millions of kids sitting in school today right now as we were talking about this.
You nailed it “there’s a lot of senior leaders who are not prepared to do that.” That’s an indicator of a collapsing system. Everyone is afraid to lose their income for doing something different and yet do something better. It has to be different.
I work on superior provision. When we switch the attendance benchmark from obedience based to responsibility based , kids flourish.
We can add multi streams or infinite streams as well.
It won’t cost a fortune if you develop small, micro learning communities in your neighbourhood you can actually flourish through the network effect .
So we need to build out alternative facilities ASAP people this is the year 2025. It’s the inflection point in the long-term education’s collapse.