Last week a 38 year veteran teacher at our neighboring local high school decided to share her feelings about our school with her class. She referred to us as, "That crazy school down the street." Of course her intention was for us to hear this comment and question our work, but the result of that comment had a very different effect than what she thought. We felt relieved.
If we are to change education and empower students to learn, create, and think, we have to make fundamental changes to public education and the factory mindset that underpins the establishment. And how do you know you are making those changes? Just listen to who is unhappy and who is thrilled. Thanks for the unintended encouragement!
Changing education for the 21st Century means looking at what we have been doing, exposing factory thinking, ending feudal thinking, and imagining a classroom that honors human dignity and the potential that exists in every individual. Time to stop being sheep. Our kids need our courage!
