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Building minds for the future

Monday, 18 October 2010 09:47 Last Updated on Monday, 18 October 2010 09:47 Written by Eric Garland 0 Comments

There has been increasing discussion of late about the relative failure of United States schools to produce people ready for the competition of the future. In fact, many citizens, politicians and young people are looking even deeper to see that the schools produce a certain degree of failure that almost seems intentional.

The amazing Sir Ken Robinson has been at the vanguard of this issue for some time, realizing early that our entire model needs to be redesigned. Watch this beautiful animation of his vision.

Tags:  design, education, Ken Robinson
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