I agree with Cohen's final comment that we shouldn't stereotype rural communities as less interested in college. But I think Resnick's idea is worth further exploration - though I'm not sure I'd apply it at the high school level. The knowledge economy can't expand forever, can it?
Also, I just recently heard about the Khan Academy and want to check it out ...
-Seana
Nonprofit Educators with Ideas at the Aspen Ideas Festival
July 03, 2011Rick Cohen
July 1, 2011; Source: genConnect Who were the nonprofit educators with ideas innovative and creative enough to warrant roles at the Aspen Ideas Festival? GenConnect interviewed several "pioneers" at the Festival...
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I totally agree about not wanting to stereotype students by the area they live in but also agree that this could be interesting. And, I think it could definitely apply to high school education. The kind of applied science required to work on wind power and such is the kind of stuff that actually engages high schoolers. It might do particularly well in rural areas because those students would relate those lessons to their real world--also very key to engaging students.
Khan Academy is pretty interesting, too. I know that there are districts (not many but some) that are experimenting with a backwards school day. Students get their direct instruction at home through Khan Academy and then do the kinds of exercises that would be homework in school with teacher guidance. Kind of a cool concept.
Oh, and this is the kind of stuff that has us publishers losing our shit and trying to figure out how we can tap into it and exploit it for money, money, money.
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