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The Future of Education

By Randy Ziegenfuss

The Edvocate recently reached out to educators and industry experts around the country to gauge their thoughts on the future of education: 106 Experts Share Their Thoughts on the Future of Education. Here are the thoughts I had the opportunity to shared:

It is a very exciting time to be in K12 education! It’s also a bit frightening to think about the world that our youngest learners will be entering in the decade of the 2030s. Are we focusing on the “right things”? While nobody has a crystal ball and can predict what will be, we can shift our ways of thinking about school and education from a paradigm that is school-centered to one that is learner-centered, reflecting the hyper-personalized world we live in. If we can provide our learners with the ability to be expert learners for life, we will have done our work well. The future of education is promising, and the exciting work of today is helping stakeholders, educators and learners understand the need for change now that will prepare the way for a future of constant learning.

Check out the three-post series on the Edvocate site and learn what this diverse group of leaders and thinkers has to say!

  • Part 1: Pre-K12
  • Part 2: Edtech
  • Part 3: Higher Ed

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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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About Working At The Edge:

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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