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The Future of Smart: How Our Education System Needs to Change to Help All Young People Thrive
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About The Future Of Smart: How Our Education System Needs
Product Description Our Education System Is Failing Because It Is Doing Exactly What It Was Designed to Do! Our best efforts at improving education have failed to improve the lives of children, or change society for the better. This is no accident: the current system ignores our deepest knowledge about how human beings thrive. Being “smart” today is still about sorting kids based on how well they absorb and retain knowledge. We need education to reflect a different set of values: interdependence, community, diversity, and deep, dynamic learning. We need it to align with human development, facilitate learning for different kinds of brains, and prepare young people for a changing society and evolving workplace. Blending history and science with stories from inside, The Future of Smart is a must read for anyone concerned about the future of education. A passionate advocate for transformation in our education system, Dr. Ulcca Hansen explains the disconnect between what we want for our children, and what education today provides. Dr. Hansen is Chief Program Officer at Grantmakers for Education and has worked in the education field for two decades. Her personal experiences as an English-language learner and first-generation college student inform her perspective on what it means to provide an “equitable” education for every child and meaningfully engage communities in that effort. The Future of Smart shows how we can build an education system to nurture the unique, human capabilities of each child, and lay the groundwork for a more equitable, just and humane future. Review "Having Dr. Hansen's special expertise and passion for change in education takes us even closer to ensuring that we can achieve the transformative movement in education we need." --Sir Ken Robinson, TED Speaker: "Do Schools Kill Creativity" and author of Creative Schools "Too many young people leave their formal education believing they are not smart, not capable, and that they can't measure up to one-size-fits-all standards that define success so narrowly that most children are destined to fail. In The Future of Smart, Dr. Hansen reminds us that the challenges of education in America have their roots in a complex system of values. She challenges us to examine these foundational values and to imagine an education system grounded in a different view of the world. At a moment when America is seeking to reexamine its cultural narratives and transform public systems to meet rising expectations, this book is a must-read for thoughtful policymakers, advocates, leaders and citizens." --Dr. Todd Rose, Director of Populace and author of The End of Average and Dark Horse "Educators do care about the whole child. However, the systems that they teach in/counsel in/lead in are intractable and based on a very (very) old model of education. Continuing to "reform" the existing system through draconian means leaves everyone at a loss. Dr. Hansen provides us with a thorough analysis of the ways in which our current system was built, is maintained, and leaves our children in educational deficit. She then offers us ways in which to look at our current system and build towards opportunity and abundance for all children. I highly recommend this book to anyone who cares about our children and our nation." --Dr. Lynn Gangone, President and CEO, American Association for Colleges of Teacher Education "I've known Dr, Hansen to be someone a step ahead, signaling where we need to be to support learners and the systems of learning that (should) support them. In this book, Dr. Hansen does it again - grounding us in what has been, making sense of what holds us back, and offering sensible and smart paths forward - if only we are intentional about remaking the learning landscape for America's youth." --Gregg Behr, co-author, When You Wonder, You're Learning: Enduring Lessons for Raising Creative, Curious, Caring Kids "For decades, our national discourse for improving
