Why assume so glibly that the God who presumably created the universe is still running it? It is certainly perfectly conceivable that He may have finished it and then turned it over to lesser gods to operate. In the same way many human institutions are turned over to grossly inferior men. This is true, for example, of most universities, and of all great newspapers.
Wow. Wish this class were offered when I was there.
This is really wonderful. A model of how education and group process should be. Love the question-orientation.
Technology helped us learn, but it was not the medium of learning. It was summoned when needed. Technology is strange that way. Education, at least in the K-12 range, is more about child rearing than knowledge acquisition. And since child rearing is primarily about forming character, instilling values and cultivating habits, it may be the last area to be directly augmented by technology.
Good piece from Barry (his last Bridgespan hurrah) on innovations in education.
His message—that 6-, 7-, and 8-year-old kids should have more time to learn the game before we demand that they play in front of their cheering fans (that would be us)—fell on nearly deaf ears; even before a battery of statistics showing that a few years of more drills, more scrimmaging, and more learning resulted in improved play, fewer injuries and less burnout, few of the parents or coaches wanted to change the way things are done. Grillo, Hackworth, and De Toekomst say that kids find drilling and learning fun, but adults see games as fun, and it’s tough to get volunteer coaches to do things differently than what they experienced as kids.
Until recently, I thought that there would never again be an opportunity to be involved with an industry as socially destructive and morally bankrupt as the subprime mortgage industry. I was wrong. The for-profit education industry has proven equal to the task.
