I have come to the conclusion that I am a budding Education Activist. I hope through this post to inspire others to take a deeper look at how we educate our children and join the growing movement of people who believe that our whole method of educating kids has got to change.
If your child struggles in school, I urge you to read on, watch a few videos and reach out to me to start a conversation.
I was only drawn into this movement when my youngest daughter struggled so bad in school that I started researching ANYTHING that could help her. What I found was that there are lots of outspoken people, including Bill & Melinda Gates, that believe that it is time for education reform on a massive scale.
The whole method of mainstream education in our country is built on an outdated model meant to train people for the Industrial Age. Here in the United States we are living in the Information Age and a Connection Economy. The skills that are going to be most needed like creativity and critical thinking are not being cultivated as we continue to force kids to memorize stuff, regurgitate “right” answers and “learn” to take standardized tests.
I could go on and on…and I will undoubtedly make this at least a 2 part series…but I will end with this.
SETH GODIN – Excerpts from Stop Killing Dreams
“Go build something interesting and ask if you need help. Why wouldn’t we want to teach our kids to go do something interesting? Why wouldn’t we want to teach our kids to figure it out?”
Myth #1 – Great performance in school leads to happiness and success.
Myth #1 – Great parents have kids who produce great performance in school.
If these aren’t true, we should stop telling ourselves that they are…
Are we asking our kids to collect dots or connect dots?
If it’s work, people try to figure out how to do less. If it’s art, they try to figure out how to do more.
Watch the full video of Seth Godin’s “Stop Killing Dreams”…
I dream of a day where the stigma of Special Education will disappear because individualized or precise focused education becomes the norm and not the exception.
I dream of a day where all people will choose lifelong learning, not run from learning because they associate it with the awful experience they had at school.
30 Dream Days 
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