Description
Book SynopsisDiscover how education innovations can produce astonishing results in student success both in and out of school. The contributors to this book were motivated by the conviction that even the best status quo education was not serving current student needs. They responded with radical changes that tap into ideas about educational transformation.
Trade Review“Zhao has, again, written an education book that one cannot put down. He has a profound ability to describe how the world is changing, and that schools should as well.”- Larry Rosenstock, CEO, High Tech High
“This is a must-read for school teams seeking seeds of proven success that will ignite truly transformative change.”- Grant Lichtman, internationally recognized thought leader and author
Table of Contents
- Contents
- Acknowledgments vii
- Introduction
- Entrepreneurship and Personalizable Education 2
- “Yes, but . . .” 3
- “Yes, and . . .” 4
- Plan of the Book 6
- 1. Radical Changes Led by Students 9
- A Great School Invented by a Group of Unhappy Students 9
- The Independent Project in Practice 10
- Children Are Capable 16
- Students Desire Autonomy: Deschooling Education 19
- Get Out of the Way 22
- 2. Radical Changes in the Classroom 25
- Teaching Without a Rudder 25
- The Teacher Who Used to Hate School 29
- The Teacher Who Accidentally Created a Miracle 31
- A 19-Hour Drive Starts a Global Enterprising Educator 34
- Challenge the Status Quo 36
- 3. Radical Changes in Broken Schools 39
- A Crisis Is a Terrible Thing to Waste 39
- Challenging the Grammar of Schooling 42
- Learning Entrepreneurship Skills with a Safety Net 49
- Out with the Old, in with the New: Taking on the Challenges 53
- 4. Radical Changes in Successful Schools 57
- New Measures of Success 58
- Why Good Schools Change 60
- How Good Schools Change 62
- A Challenge for All Good Schools 77
- 5. Radical Changes Within Networks of Schools 79
- Banding Together to Leverage Change 79
- The Annesley Remaking 80
- The Rudolph Group: Networked to Innovate 82
- The Prisoner’s Dilemma and Possible Solutions 89
- Challenging the Education Norm of Isolated Institutions 92
- 6. Radical Changes from Outside 95
- Support for Students and Teachers from Real-World Scholars 95
- Bringing Entrepreneurship to the Classroom 98
- The Magic Is Not in the Money 101
- What Works 103
- Collaboration Is Key 105
- Student-Centered, Student-Run 107
- What Happens When Teachers Say, “Yes, and” 110
- 7. “Yes, and . . .” 113
- Characteristics of Changes and Change Makers Needed in Education 113
- The Changes 113
- Change Can Happen Anywhere 121
- Characteristics That Spark Ignition 122
- Creating a Culture of “Yes, and” 126
- References 131
- Index 139
- About the Authors 151
