Disrupting Class

I will have lots more to say about this book in the near future. For now, I wanted to chime in with my general early takes:

- I agree with nearly all of this book as I have said most of it in the past. I felt like I was reading my own thoughts in fact.

- Computer based learning MUST lead real changes in schools.

- Chartered (as the author refers to them) schools allow us to see a model for positive change. It’s important that K-12 public schools do not begrudge the efforts of these schools. We can learn from them.

- In 5 years - and certainly within 10 years - public schools will have begun to change in ways they might not understand now. They should embrace this as an exciting and challenging time - not as an event from which we must protect ourselves (and our jobs).

I have said for a long time - I am trying to work myself out of a job. Teachers and other K-12 Administrators need to take on that challenge.

Good book - especially for K-12 Administrators, School Board members and law makers.