18. What the school system needs to understand is that its
strength lies, not in the strength of the central
organization, but in the strength of the individual school,
not in making one school like another, but in making each
school a distinct unit. The need of the system is the
preservation of its units, so that each school can keep
itself alive, wide awake, responsive to its people, easily
adaptable, the best of its kind.
Angelo Patri -- A Schoolmaster of the Great City
21. If you want creative workers, give them
enough time to play.
- John Cleese
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Photo by Ewan McIntosh
23. 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
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24.
25. Scary Thought:
What are we willing to unlearn and relearn?
26. If we teach today's students
as we taught yesterday's, we
rob them of tomorrow.
John Dewey
27. The World In Which We Live
The Maddening Paradox of Education 2009.
59. Keep In Touch:
Chris Lehmann
Science Leadership Academy
chris@practicaltheory.org
http://www.practicaltheory.org
Twitter: chrislehmann
Skype: chrislehmann
Editor's Notes
Stop aping business, stop thinking that business has the answers, stop thinking that the latest gadget is anything more than a glorified film-strip projector unless we know how to harness them. Stop blaming teachers. Stop blaming schools.