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Book SynopsisAdvance Praise forMoving the Rock
The future comes at us fast which means school reformers don't have time to wait. They need real tools in real time. That's whyMoving the Rockis so important. Grant Lichtman has guidance for anyone teachers, parents, administrators, government officials intent on helping young people succeed not someday,' but today.
Daniel H. Pink, best-selling author ofDriveandA Whole New Mind
Grant Lichtman's book is a clear and comprehensive guide to the what and the how of educational transformation. Organized around essential levers for change, it is a must-read for anyone who wants to make a difference in our schools.
Tony Wagner, Harvard Ilab Expert in Residence, and best-selling author ofThe Global Achievement GapandCreating Innovators
This book gives me hope for a brighter future in education. Despite the dark clouds imposed by misguided policies, Grant Lichtman diligent
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Foreword
Introduction
The Why, What, and How of Educational Change
Overcoming Inertia
Where This Book Takes Us
Resources for This Book
What We Will Not Cover
The Goal Is Deeper Learning
A Couple of Other Points
Let’s Roll
Chapter One: The Future of School
Redesigning the School Operating System
Where the Rock Is Going to Roll
How Will the Learning Experience Change?
How Will Schools Function Differently?
How Will Our Mission Shift?
Why Is This Future Inevitable?
Chapter Two: Lever #1: Create the Demand for Better Schools
Creating Demand at the National Level
Creating Demand at the School Level
Creating Demand in the Community
How We Will Press This Lever
Chapter Three: Lever #2: Build School-Community Learning Laboratories
Designing for the Real World
Spreading Student Confidence in the Thinkabit Lab
Partnering with a Giant
Going to Scale
How We Will Press This Lever
Chapter Four: Lever #3: Encourage Open Access to Knowledge
The Rise of Open Educational Resources
The Problems of OER
The Huge Benefits of OER
Back to Wolfram Alpha: The (Kind of Scary?) Future of Open Knowledge
How We Will Press This Lever
Chapter Five: Lever #4: Fix How We Measure Student Success and Admit Students to College
We Don’t Measure What We Value
The Health of Our Children
The Wrong Results
Cracks in the Dam
Re-Framing the High School Transcript
How We Will Press This Lever
Chapter Six: Lever #5: Teach the Teachers What They Really Need to Know
The Legacy Problem
New Models That Work
How We Will Press This Lever
Chapter Seven: Lever #6: Connect, Flow, and Re-think “School”
Change Requires Connectivity
The Nurture of Networks
Crossing Curves
Welcome to the Cognitosphere: A System of Structured “Flow”
Great Learning Is Relational
The Stepping Stone: Augmented Reality
The Game Changer: Virtual Reality
How We Will Press This Lever
Chapter Eight: Lever #7: Lead Change from Where You Are
What Is Missing
Sharing the Leadership Experience
Formal Training in Leadership
Scaling Up
How We Will Press This Lever
Chapter Nine: How YOU Will Transform Education
Teachers
School Site and District Administrators
Parents
Students
Business and Community Leaders
Philanthropists and Foundations
College and University Presidents, Admissions Officers, and Education and Business School Deans and Faculty
The Fourth Estate
Chapter Ten: Let’s Roll
What Is Your Extra Chunky?
Springtime in the Desert
The Bad, Good, and Great News
Finally, Trajectory
Valuable and Cited Websites
Bibliography
Index
