If men were angels, wrote James Madison, no government would be necessary. To which I would add: If schools were perfect, no museums would be necessary. Regrettably, our educational system is less than perfect, and museums play a crucial role in the education of the communities they serve. As you read this, construction continues […]

  lbert Einstein wrote, “Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution.” In the early 1970’s, I joined my fellow Chicago educators in establishing a co-op school called Ujima for our children. The term ‘Ujima’ is a key principle of Kwanzaa, […]

Innovative is the new normal. Every sector, from banking to transportation is seeing rapid change as new technologies, connections, and ideas modernize and revolutionize our day-to-day lives. Education is no exception: the way we learn is changing, from collaborative multi-grade projects in elementary school to vocational training in high schools to online tutorial videos for […]

  Imagine a learning environment designed to prepare our children, from their first introduction to school, to be inventors, designers and creative thinkers using all the tools at their disposal, including computers. How do we create such an environment? What ideas, models and tools would promote this type of learning? For students, but also for […]

  Please, stop telling young people they are the future. The scene could have been any school assembly at any school in the world. A group of restless young people listening to a suited speaker explaining how they are the future. How some day, they will “change the world.” If they just work hard enough, […]

\ In a global study carried out by McKinsey & Company, 72% of deans and university leaders said they prepare their graduates for the workforce. In contrast, only 42% of employers and 44% of students thought the same (Mourshed et al. 2013). The mismatch between universities and the world of work is real and it […]