Education needs more HOPE

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This blog is intended for those of us who believe the process of education needs a genuine revolution. Years of trying to "reform" that which is fundamentally broken need to end. It's time to end that futility and get on with the process of creating, at least in our lives, a process that actually works.

We know academic content is important. Math, science, English, history... all good stuff. Some content still exists, but not required. Music, dance, welding, art... wonderful lifelong activities, but not thought important enough to be required.

HOPE is an acronym; Higher Order Principles of Education, and we will use that as the basis for much of what this blog addresses.

You are more ADULT than kid.

Please get a grip on that! We are not spoon-feeding you facts or concepts from textbooks or online lessons. We are simply giving you the opportunity to see what others say about crucial ideas regarding learning within the scope of living a good life. Listen to what they say, spend time analyzing their thoughts within the realm of what you believe. Then share your comments in the space below.

To start this process, let's begin with a video by Sir Ken Robinson on the topic Do Schools Kill Creativity?"
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Sir Kenneth Robinson (born 4 March 1950) is a British author, speaker and international advisor on education in the arts to government, non-profits, education and arts bodies. ... In 2003 he was knighted for services to the arts.

The following video is from a TED Talk given by Sir Ken Robinson.

After watching the video, click on the comments below and leave your thoughts or questions.