We know our educational system is deeply broken. With an increasing number of students falling behind, the time to help education evolve and support our youth’s holistic well-being is here! But why are people attached to the obsolete school model, and what does the future of education look like?

Through my conversations with educational innovators, I’ve noticed similarities in our experiences. Listen in as I unpack educational reform barriers and offer some big ideas and future solutions for our schools. 

I’m also thrilled to announce our EdActive Collective Summit. Our collective is filled with educational innovators focused on transforming education to a more human-centered, student-driven, real-world learning environment designed with learners at the center of every decision. Join us!

Jump in the Conversation:

• [2:34] Observations of the beginning of a movement
• [4:37] Barriers to learning
• [9:10] Big ideas and future solutions for our schools
• [11:12] Increased focus on student-driven learning
• [14:32] Maureen’s Magic Wand: Breaking the paradigm of massive memorization and production of work that goes no further than the teachers’ desk as the gold standard
• [14:55] EdActive: A collective shifting the learning paradigm

Links and Resources:

• Episode 52: Going Big–Iowa BIG–with Trace Pickering
• Big Picture Learning
• High Tech High
• EdActive Collective
• Email Maureen
• Facebook: Follow Education Evolution
• Twitter: Follow Education Evolution
• LinkedIn: Follow Education Evolution
• Maureen’s book: Creating Micro-Schools for Colorful Mismatched Kids
• Micro-school feature on Good Morning America
• The Micro-School Coalition
• Facebook: The Micro-School Coalition
• LEADPrep