I absolutely agree: there are a great schools and great educators who do everything they can.
The thing that is missing is communication between them. The big thing will start when educators and leaders and parents will bring together their efforts.
I think to turn strangers into friends of paradigm shift the best we can do is to show examples.
To show how different schools can be, to tell stories, to share dreams, because the majority of people just do not see a problem at all or do not have time to take a look.
Great article, Bruce!
To my mind transforming and rethinking education is
the only way to change the world in perspective.
We tend to see education as a factory, just the way
it was invented, and today this factory (and the basics
behind it) is outdated and produces failure.
We can talk a lot about specific things that are to be changed, specific methods, techniques and so on. We can
imagine everything necessary without a problem.
Problem is always an implementation. Ideas will come along.
Today we need leadership, we need more Sudbury schools over the world, we need parents who care, we need teachers who pay attention.
I wish you best luck in this challenge!
Vitaly.