What is school for?

By Randy Ziegenfuss

Lots of ideas to ponder in this talk from Seth Godin. My favorite:

For me, this prompts a few questions.

In what ways do we currently make school more like art, less like work?
How can we change and make school more like art and less like work?
As educators, do we need to first ask ourselves these questions? Is our “work” more like work or more like art? Once we struggle with that question, and the varying layers of complexity, can we then move on to asking that question of the culture and environment we create in our schools?

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I've retired from public education after 34 years, most recently as Superintendent. In addition to blogging at WorkingAtTheEdge.org, I co-host two podcasts at TLTalkRadio.org and ShiftYourParadigm.org. Learn more at https://workingattheedge.org/about/.

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June 29, 2014 at 7:32 pm

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My name is Randy Ziegenfuss, and I'm a retired public school superintendent and a life-long educator with over 34 years experience developing a passion for teaching, learning, leadership and technology. <read more...>

I first came across the phrase working at the edge while learning about the work of Marzano, et al. School Leadership That Works: From Research to Results. In this work, the researchers define 21 responsibilities of the school leader, one being change agent. A change agent is defined as one who is, "...willing to challenge school practices that have been in place for a long time and promoting the value of working at the edge of one's competence."

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