"School taught us to answer a simple question, 'will this be on the test?' If the answer is no, we’ve got no time for it ...
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What if we reorganized school around solving (not just learning about) the biggest world challenges of our time ...
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With reads from Bloomberg Technology, Education Dive, and WBUR (Boston NPR Radio) ...
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Viktor Venson and I spent last week at the Punahou School, the largest independent school in the country. Our visit included a "Future of Learning" panel discussion with ...
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If you can’t live without Netflix, you should probably thank Barry Diller. In the 1960s, when Diller was a young professional at ABC, he did the first of many things that would alter the way that we consume stories on TV ...
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This past week at the Punahou School, Basecamp Design Partner Viktor Venson and I had the opportunity to sit on two different "Future of Learning" panels with Tony Wagner ...
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What if we measured the worthiness of every learning experience by evaluating the extent to which it asks learners to "play"* with, rather than to "consume," information and knowledge?
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What happens when your school stops relying on maps and starts relying on compasses? Let me share a story ...
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With reads from Larry Fink, CEO of Blackrock; Thomas Friedman, New York Times; and Jal Mehta, Harvard Graduate School of Education ...
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"What if, in language, student trips abroad were not something that happened at the end of high school, but were a springboard at the beginning of language study to show students ...
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If your school is seeking change, it's worth considering what metaphor best reflects your intentions ...
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With reads from Tom Vander Ark, LinkedIn, and MIT Sloan Management Review ...
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What if school formed, by design, playful learners rather than workful knowers?
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I am obsessed with Netflix’s Black Mirror.
The show's genius lies in its convincing depictions of "the future ten minutes from now" ...
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With reads from Stanford Social Innovation Review, the New York Times, and Wired ...
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Happy New Year and welcome back to Ed:Future!
Most of this blog's subscribers are educators, so today really marks the beginning of the academic year's second half ...
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What if we stopped thinking of genius as something rare and started seeing it as something abundant?
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With reads from the New York Times, Inside Higher Ed, and Business World ...
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What if the future of learning were reflected in how schools hire? ...
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