Education Nation 2.0: Redefining K-12 Education in America

[ProfilUII]

Thanks for sharing. Regards

Universitas Islam Indonesia

[dano132454]

look at the way were taught multiplication, for example.if wanna find the square of 23 without a calculator i would have to use 23 over 23. in fact you can do this mentally in couple of second. all you do is add the last digit(3) to 23, multiply by 2. find the square of 3. 3 +23= 26, 26x2= 52 3x3 = 9 answer is 529. but no school teaches the slow way.

[peto45]

Too few ideas for so much criticism of the existing system.

[rage702]

56:30 that's exactly what i'm wishing for

[enestbox]

He says "poo-pooing... education" 50:53

[coopasan9]

@enestbox LOL haha nice one

[honestkenny]

somebody should do a count of how many times Goddamn Football was mentioned, and how many times they said "Art class" or "Music class"

That may be part of the problem too you know.

[edwardmeade]

Too many people are worrying about the management of education rather than education itself. Free market vs. public, union vs. non-union is all noise if what is (not) being taught is the issue. Critical thinking and creativity is great but critical thinking and creativity is a waste of effort if the TOOLS of critical thinking and creativity : math, science, languages, history, geography etc. are lost in the process. Agree with everything Sal and Cory say. Pragmatics!

[jsav1939]

The best teachers are those with a particular personality type

The best teachers are Analytic-Avoiders

The Analytic-Avoider and Students solve problems together and look for a Win-Win result when there is a conflict

The Assertive-Autocrat impose their will and tolerate no argument with when a conflict arises

The Amiable-Acquiescer is over-friendly and gives in to Students

The Amorant-Attacker puts Teacher needs before those of Students and punishes Students for their mistakes

[trublu97]

Blah,blah, blah- Missing the point. The function of schools; since gov has taken control, is not to produce critical thinking, questioning students. But kids barely functional,non questioning, gov loving, filled with the latest PC crap that makes them easily controlled. In this, they have very successful.

Gov based education figures the smart kids will overcome this handicap and still be successful. No need to for high level education. We have plenty of doctors, engineers, lawyers

[ZacharySmith89]

@trublu97 Most of our most pressing healthcare problems could be well addressed simply through more doctors. We need more innovative engineers. Lawyers...well, probably got enough of those! ;)

[rudleycabbot]

comment by me

[dietsnapple89]

High school should allow for more specialization. I think kids got a good idea of where they want to go at 13 or 14. What does a high school diploma really prepare you for? I think about my high school education and I really could do nothing of value with it besides manual labor that HS dropouts could get too. Sure there are entrepreneurs with only a HS education, but they are rare. College could be shorter if HS provided the general education most frosh and soph students get in college.

[xxMafia101]

@dietsnapple89 They are rare? Not so much.

[dietsnapple89]

@xxMafia101 Oh really? You got some evidence to prove me wrong?

[xxMafia101]

@dietsnapple89 Do your own research. Coco Chanel and Georgio Armani are two that come to mind. No need to get defensive...

[basmithtx]

I like Khan's discussion of changing lockstep education to focus on mastery of a subject vs. forced subject-to-subject progression that leaves gaps in knowledge. The subject matter credentials idea is also compelling.

One small specific thing I think about, is that introductory financial education would be very beneficial to high school students, who often know virtually nothing of investing, IRAs, etc. that would greatly benefit them.

[YamilGU]

Is it just me or this guy (the moderator; at the beginning) is paraphrasing Steve Jobs... ?

[JimbobOMG]

Let the free market reform schools...

[ZacharySmith89]

@1:04:20 Hilarious...apparently he doesn't realize that most med students don't see patients until their 3rd year! Med schools need reforming just as much as K-12!

[ZacharySmith89]

Charlie Rose, Salman Khan, and Cory Booker all together. Like.