“While we wring our hands about institutions, learning outside of school is exploding: DIY.org, iPad apps, Khan. Families will curate great online experiences for their kids and this curation will be considered “good parenting.” Families will learn a lot about what their children can and can’t do and sometimes they’ll know more than the school. Institutions have an opportunity to embrace this shift.”— Education Week, March 12, 2013. (via zachklein)
We parents of privilege have been curating the experiences of our kids since before this post-normal education shift. We have never left the education of our children to the happenstance of an institution. Wake up.
How are we as a society going to tend to the education of our most vulnerable? How are we going to ensure the dignity of all our children?