Q & A:The Next Generation of Teaching and Learning
Channel: Houston A+ Challenge
Date: 2013-02-20

How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns.

Carefully crafted disruptive innovation in our classrooms has the potential to provide many more students and families with quality choices for their education and revolutionize public education by transforming the current PK-20 system into a more student-centric learning environment to address the challenges of the 21st century.

But how can disruptive innovation be used to identify the root causes of schools' struggles?

More so, how do we build a path forward to customize an education for every child in the way she learns in a system designed for a one-size fits all? 

EXPERT PANELISTS: Sehba Ali, Superintendent, KIPP Houston Public Schools; Dr. Jennifer Blaine, Associate Superintendent, Curriculum and Instruction, Spring Branch ISD; Nella Garcia, Director of Teacher Development, YES Prep Public Schools; Nancy Gregory, Officer, Curriculum and Instruction, Houston ISD; Dr. Linda Macias, Associate Superintendent for Curriculum, Instruction and Accountability, Cy-Fair Independent School District; Melissa Pierson, Associate Dean, University of Houston, College of Education.