November 2, 2014

  • National Education Reform Initiative

    1. Form a dedicated network for the sole purpose of education.

    2. Provide students and educators with access to the network.

    3. Repurpose the classroom setting to focus on social skills and the practical application of academic studies.

    4. Make the common core curriculum the bedrock for the foundation of education.

    5. Offer customized education alternatives to the full spectrum of students with special needs and abilities.

     

    I.

    1. Dedicate a broadcast bandwidth to the sole purpose of providing educational materials to parents, students and education professionals.
    2. Develop a web style base program accessible to all, founded on the principles of mainstream educational goals, that is the advancement of human evolution, civilization and the preservation of the human spirit. To promote the understanding and ability to use language and mathematics to effectively communicate and solve problems associated with daily life both in the microcosm of the individual and the macrocosm of humanity in general.
    3. Model the program structure after popular gaming platforms, wherein individuals can unlock higher levels of education upon the completion of prerequisite levels.
    4. Utilize a network of top educational professionals throughout the nation, or even globally to develop and implement the outline of content for the broadcast band.

    II.

    1. Provide all students and educators with electronic devices which allow access to the network.
    2. Reduce the consumption of paper goods and the dependency on textbooks which become outdated.
    3. Introduce security and fail safes to insure individual privacy and accountability.
    4. Allow for upgrading systems as new technologies become available.

    III.

    1. Repurpose educators to providing an educational environment dedicated to helping students navigate the stages of self education.
    2. Make the central focus of the classroom setting be guiding individuals in developing  social skills and finding practical applications for the materials in the net based curriculum.
    3. Provide individual assistance to students with special needs.
    4. Provide and supervise an environment which is conducive to learning.
    5. Employ physical activities, games, contests etc., in order to develop the individual physically as well as mentally.

    IV.

    1. Provide universal access to the fundamentals of language arts, mathematics, history, science and philosophy.
    2. Provide additional access to the fine arts, music and religious studies.
    3. Maintain a comprehensive online library of information available to all students based on their advancement level, abilities and achievements.

    V.

    1. Provide custom learning centers focusing on individual needs and abilities where individuals display exceptional ability or inability to learn or advance.
    2. Maintain centers of higher education, universities and colleges.

     

    Begin the implementation of the National Education Reform Initiative making the network and electronic notebooks available by 2022.

     

Comments (11)

  • The objectives that you mention for the studies are those I taught in the past but without the use of the internet because the net was not developped enough at this past time.
    Indeed why not to put the new technologies to the servivece of the education? In keeping our critical sense and avoid the uniformity that is the risk of the mass media.
    In friendship
    Michel

  • my only issue with this reform is the teaching of social skills part..I'm not sure I like the social skills my kids learned in school and now my grandson is in the lottery funded pre-school and I'm still not pleased. Why wait eight years?

  • Oops...Janet was the FIRST commenter! I like what she said! :-)

  • Excellent!
    I agree with Janet (above my comment)!
    You SHOULD run for the school board, etc.!
    HUGS!!! :-)
    PS...I hope you are doing well! I miss your music and your art! I have been so busy, I'm not Xanga-ing...just trying to keep up at WordPress! :-)

  • In Australia, the children who live in the Out Back, are taught over the radio, and now on line. They come out doing well. Are you running for the School Board?

  • I think Bill Gates of Microsoft fame has built schools in Africa that are all digital. The kids get a laptop and all the material is on it--same for the teacher. I think it is working fine.

    I hear two groups debating common core for reasons that Val expressed.

    Something needs to be done. I had a teacher friend and visited his class room---only 3 books for the entire class and they were in bad shape. He spent his own money to buy the kids snacks in the afternoon. Awful.

  • My brother in law was a curriculum designer for an online program -it will work for many but not all. In fact his own son failed miserably at online classes because he needed the structure of the classroom. Moving the online into the classroom sounds good (because the students still need the social aspect of school as well as those classes that require a physical setting). I am however skeptical of the implementation. Who exactly will decide the content of the "...comprehensive online library of information available to all students based on their advancement level, abilities and achievements." Sounds like a hard sell to those communities where the school board is in favor of banning books based on the political and religious bent of the community. Just playing devil's advocate. If there is an open and free internet then it might work...

  • Sounds good on quick read, but where would funding for electronics for each child come from if they can't afford decent teacher salaries, and have to ask the parents to already provide everything from notepaper, pens, crayons and even tissues?

    My other concern (though you did say try to implement safety features for privacy) would be hacked and leaked info, not to mention kids who just pay their friend or sister to take the online class for them (already happens sometimes).

    Third thought: I'm glad besides the core classes, that music, art, religion, and physical activity are considered. Currently a lot of those types of classes are dropped or minimized due to lack of funds &/or teachers.

  • How is that all put into practice? It's hard to read between the lines, and different people may interpret it differently.

  • There is certainly many positives things in your statement about the teaching via internet but everything has a lighted side and a dark side , you should describe also the negative sides to get well balanced propositions.
    In friendship
    Michel

  • You should run for statewide superintendent of schools, implement this program in NY, then tout it as a model for the rest of the country!

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