Diane Ravitch at NCE 2011 Part 1

Diane Ravitch speaks to the audience of the second general session of the 2011 AASA National Conference on Education

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  Education

[americanwomanFL]

Now it is my turn to apologize for not responding; when school is winding down, I seem to have no life. I first though, want to tell you that just yesterday, I saw what the Kahn Academy is all about due to my TED download notification, and WOW....amazing at how a seemingly innocent video could spark this whole idea. Now onto you. First, what made you interested in all of this? And about Robinson, I show his TED talks to my students. And what about running for the school board?

[americanwomanFL]

It IS that, but also our American attitude towards education and LEARNING.

[CultivatingI]

@americanwomanFL, first of all sorry for taking so long to reply. I have only recently begun to engage with the education issue. I'm starting to educate myself - Parker Palmer, Ken Robinson, etc. And Diane Ravitch, of course. I have started entertaining the idea of running for school board. I need to do some more investigation of that.

[americanwomanFL]

Thank you for your note. I had thought about running for the school board, but I want to spend some time in Europe for a few years when I retire, so that is a no-go. I am doing #2 and # 4 and need to look up your #5 to see what that is about.... So, may I ask if you are doing something for the "cause"????

[CultivatingI]

Great cause! Here are some thoughts about things one could do to get the ball rolling:

1. Run for the local school board

2. Educate & curate

3. Engage the other - until we get a good grasp of what is driving people the other way (e.g. root cause analysis with 5 Whys), it will be a shouting match and raw power politics.

4. Encourage people to see connections and the long term

5. Start the Kahn academy for educational policy

[IdentityAmeth]

maybe the problem is the school system

[americanwomanFL]

So what can we do TO GET THIS BALL ROLLING AND GET OUT OF THE SYSTEM that we seem to be stuck in..... GRRRRRR and I am SERIOUS. I am retiring from teaching in a year and THIS will be my cause.

[jennifer marshall]

PLEASE watch all three! She just keeps getting better and better!! Share the links with everyone you know.

[Christine Inman]

One of the most important speeches of our time