Do School Better

Doris elaborates on the shift in the workplace where employers increasingly value skills–like teamwork and collaboration–over the possession of content knowledge. Doris and Alison discuss why "you can't get an A by yourself" and the role of direct, honest feedback in the classroom.

Doris describes the Entrepreneurial Studies class offered at Hawken School. She explains the role of real business problems in addition to the "final project" and how this highly developed curriculum fosters real-world skills in students.

Doris and Alison discuss the Hawken School Entrepreneurial Studies program and how it is a completely different model for learning and teaching. They reveal how a rigorous, academic program using real and urgent business problems is different than teaching "how to run a lemonade stand" or the traditional business class.

Doris explains why our current educational system doesn't work anymore and why skills mastery matters more for today's students than it ever has before. She discusses how her career of teaching and entrepreneurship have led her to create a new model for learning.