The changes we are experiencing in society have brought competition in education. Students have choices. Charter schools, private schools using vouchers, home schools, virtual schools, and commercial online education providers. Each of these providers is growing, and their quality is not consistent. It is important for all educators to work on continual quality improvement.
Effective schools are places where why is more important than how.
Technology must serve as a way for students to think, present, research and do, in different, more enriched, and more powerful ways. We want our students to understand ways that technology helps them learn and adapt. Used this way, technology is not the primary focus but a valuable benefit. Ninety percent of the technology that we will use in ten years either hasn t been invented yet, or it isn t accessible now. The cognitive skills, learning how to learn and adapt, are most valuable in school, work, and life.