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Why Haven't We Changed Our Educational System?


My school system is spending a lot of time rethinking how we should educate our students as we move to a one to one solution.  The video above by Ken Robinson looks at the history of our school system and asks why we are still largely teach in an industrial factory type of way when few of our citizens are preparing for such work.  It is worth the ten minutes to look at this if you haven't seen it yet. 

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  1. It isn’t the first time someone has raised a serious questions about the traditional educational system. We have been experiencing some troubles with understanding the learners’ needs and it id great that some has realized that the system wants changes. It is needed to be done urgently and professionals need to take some action. No one wants to get challenged when the system is already working one, but we also need to remember that the time is changing very fast and the students need something new, like know where to order dissertation online from Essay Online Store quickly and easily.

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