Shift Ed: A Call to Action for Transforming K-12 Education

Now three months later I am happy to report that the response from the education community has been strong and extremely positive Two conferences that had me as the keynote speaker purchased copies of the book for all attendees and the feedback from these educators has been so positive that I am humbled In addition several school superintendents have purchased copies for the principals in their districts I am currently scheduled to present to three large education conferences this summer and fall as word of mouth on the book is spreading across the country As I am a futurist and not a professional educator it is truly gratifying to hear such positive reactions from K12 educatorsWhy did a futurist write a book on transforming education Here are some of the reasonsThere is so much noise fingerpointing and argument about K12 education today that it became clear to me that there39s a lack of vision Many people have points of view but they are relative to practices they either criticize or support all based on the present landscape The present system doesn39t work so we have to completely start over with a new visionThe current system is from the Agricultural Age for its school year the Industrial Age for most of its buildings and schools and the Information Age for nowoutdated technology It39s time for Shift Age education The legacy thinking from the 19th and 20th centuries must be jettisoned and replaced with a vision of what 21stcentury education looks like One of the questions I am most often asked by audiences in the United States is if we will remain a great country or if we are beginning an inexorable slide downward If we want to remain a great country we must better educate our children If we want to remain a great nation we must have better educational opportunities for citizens of all ages It must start with our children That is why I have written this book on the essential need to transform K12 educationThere is a companion website for the book wwwshiftedtransformationcom If you want to go straight to the videos click here In addition if you want to hear about the education curriculum of the 21st century the 5C39s click hereIn Shift Ed A Call to Action for Transforming K12 Education we set forth a vision for transforming education for this century We ask educators to step up and create this vision or come up with a better one It is time from transformation as nothing less will be enoughDavid Houle is a futurist strategist and speaker He has always been slightly ahead of the curve Houle spent more than 20 years in media and entertainment Most recently David is a featured contributor to Oprahcom Check is out here wwwoprahcomdavidhoule David can be contacted at DavidDavidHoulecomRead all Davidamp8217s MediaBizBloggers commentaries at Evolution ShiftCheck us out on Facebook at MediaBizBloggerscomFollow our Twitter updates MediaBizBloggerMediaBizBloggers is an openthought leadership blog platform for media marketing and advertising professionals companies and organizations To contribute contact Jackmediadvisorygroupcom The opinions expressed in MediaBizBloggerscom are not those of Media Advisory Group its employees or other MediaBizBloggerscom contributors Media Advisory Group accepts no responsibility for the views of MediaBizBloggers authors

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