Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

Our mental models are the biggest barrier to moving schools forward into a digital, global era

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What is the biggest barrier to moving schools forward into a technology-suffused, globally-interconnected era? Our mental models of what schooling should look like.

Unfortunately, most educators, parents, and policymakers have no idea what it truly means to prepare students for this kind of world.

Don’t believe me? Go ahead and ask ’em.

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