#55 of 60: What is the purpose of schooling? 🤔

I just watched this conversation with Gary Stager. Appreciated the last three minutes… “purposes of schooling worth mentioning.”

Introduce children to things they don’t yet know they love.
Model, nurture and sustain democracy — through our practices and conversations.
Kids need to spend as much time as possible in the company of interesting adults.
Democratize access to expertise, materials and experiences that kids wouldn’t have access to otherwise.
Nurture the temporary or long-term obsessions of children so they can become great at something.

Remember these the next time you hear people talk about standardization, over-testing, dusty curriculum and control in K12 education.

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❓ Provocations:

What would you add to the list?

💎 Resource:

🧠 Mindsets:

Outcomes of human-centered schooling

💡 Areas:

Learning

📣 Drop your thoughts in the comments, or in the Facebook group, and feel free to share resources. 🔥🔥🔥

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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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