The Schools We Need -- CEFPI Conference

The Schools We Need

Chris Lehmann

Principal

Science Leadership Academy

Build them?Or Blow Them Up?

Revalue EducationAnd Re-Imagine the Spaces We Learn

Why This Matters

The Big Box

Learning LaboratoriesVision of the 21st Century School

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Photo by Ewan McIntosh

My Bias:School 2.0 is Progressive Education with 21st Century Tools

More Bias:Citizenry, Not Workforce

Remember:Public Education = Democracy

The Great Big Question:How can we have so many passionate,

dedicated educators in our schools and still have so many problems?

Fix the System:Put a good person into a bad system and the

system will win every time.

What Is The Purpose of School?

We Work Best / Learn BestWhen It Matters To Us

Caring InstitutionsWe Teach Kids, Not Subjects

Student Centered

It’s Not About Us.

Inquiry Driven

What are the questions we can ask

together?

PassionateAnd it has to matter.

Meta-Cognitive

We need to think about thinking.

Understand-Drivenand Project-Based

Technology InfusedUbiquitious, Necessary and Invisible

Tests

Homework

Projects

Class Participation

TraditionalClassrooms

Projects

Homework

Class Participation

Tests & Quizzes

The SchoolsWe Need

Ramifications For Design?Link Pedagogy and Facility

PossibilitiesNeed Flexibility

Don’t Define LearningMake Every Space a Possible Learning Space

Third SpacesMake Spaces That Don’t Have Names

Schools Sustain UsSo They Should Be Sustainable

Know How MuchWe Really Don’t Know

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The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn.

Alvin Toffler

Technology Changes Everything

Educate The Whole PersonGyms Still Matter, But Don’t Stop There

You Can’t StandardizeDifferentiated Instruction,

Differentiated Schools

The Most Important Thing:

Wisdom.