In a very intriguing article for the Huffington Post, he continues to spell out some very formidable suggestion for what we must do to drastically change the face of education as we know it in order to achieve sustainability and greater gains.
The ideas he offers aren't really that far-fetched actually. They are more matter-of-factly than anything, yet the beauty is in their simplicity and the mammoth complexity with which everything would have to change in order to see such change come to fruition.
"The present system was designed for 19th century industrialism and it's overheating in a dangerous way. Reforming education isn't enough. The real task is transformation."Just yesterday, I went to the Young, Gifted, & Black show and enjoyed it just like I have the previous ones I've attended. Some of the artists I have seen grow up over the last 3-4 years into very well-rounded performers (and adults as well). Their words continually challenge me to perfect my diction, be on top of my wordplay game, and confront the skeletal stories that beg to be told. These poets are my spiritual mentors who speak to me through stanzas and prose unlike what any normal slang is supposed to sound, taste, smell, and feel like. And in that same vein, it is their creative will and genius that has to rise to the surface in order for the status quo to continually get challenged.
"...the current systems of public education were never designed to develop everyone's talents. They were intended to promote certain types of ability in the interests of the industrial economies they served."One sister quipped: "but these standardized tests are not made to consider students who do not have multiple choices." Moving beyond acronyms, standards, and pedagogy are merely first steps. If not for the children (seeds), who will purify the water we pollute to water them? How do you think innovation can rise to the surface?
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