From ‘pile on the debt’ to ‘graduating in & out’ Abraham Lincoln is often quoted as saying “The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.” I believe it. Yet, if this is true, the philosophy of this generation deserves some scrutiny. Right now the philosophy [...]
Distance learning unlocks solutions to today’s educational problems “Bill Gates finally laid it on the line: ‘America’s high schools are obsolete. By obsolete, I don’t mean that our high schools are broken, flawed, and underfunded. . . . By obsolete, I mean that our high schools–even when they’re working exactly as designed–cannot teach our kids [...]
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The idea of “Beyond the Classroom” presents a restructuring of roles and relationships for students, teachers, parents, admin and outsiders; whether in-person or virtual. Is anyone integrating relationships like this in education? #1 Most schools would agree that if a student communicated success stories with core and semi-core relationships their education would improve. If this [...]
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The world has been changing our current approach to education is not enough to meet the need. The onset of new technologies, social fragmentation and specialization all call for a change in education. As part of this change, students’ personal core relationships will likely play a bigger role in the process of education. If done [...]
Life-cast helps people manage their relationships even to the point of putting them on a sort-of autopilot. When relationships know how they fit into your life, life works like a well oiled machine. When relationships are out of sync you feel it. Life-cast services are designed for 4 primary groups of people: Network marketers: MLMs [...]
The world needs an enduring organization where education is cataloged, discovered, networked and developed; where people are engaged in advancing good education worldwide. The Educational Forms Foundation has an institute, a library, a journal, a think tank, and a consulting group. The institute provides masters and doctoral degrees in education. The library is a repository [...]