Do leaders, educators and communities trust each other

enough to ask the hard questions about education?

Automation

Innovation

 I want to ask the questions, figure

 Let's open up the conversation 

out where we're going, lay out all the

and admit that we don't have all 

steps to get there and circulate it so

the answers. This is a process of 

that we're all on the same page. 

discovery. We want our students 

to delve deeply, reflect and follow 

their curiosity   and we can 

definitely set that example. 

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has shown us the

Questioning

kind of leadership that is necessary

Transforming education   and using technology as a key asset   requires

to successfully change education

first and foremost the willingness to question from within. This is the first

and keep it relevant to students

step toward creating the direction for change that will guide ongoing

today and in the future. It has

efforts. It involves opening new channels of honest communication among

revealed an immense level of 

leaders, policy makers, teachers and students. As Fran Dramis, BellSouth's

interest and enthusiasm among

Chief Information, E Commerce and Security Officer puts it,  You have to

teachers. It has demonstrated 

wallow in the way things are for a little bit, so that you can acknowledge

that students themselves have 

where you are, and then gain an honest understanding of how you want

a valuable role to play in shaping

things to change and a clearer vision of where you want to go. 

the future of education in our 

country. All that remains is to 

Beginning questions may consider the very core of education as we 

harness these assets and direct

currently know it:

them toward a common vision of

  What business are we really in? Who are our customers? 

relevant and engaging learning. 

What makes us relevant to their needs, desires and interests?

It will be difficult, take a long time

  What do students want to know? What do they need to know? 

and require great sacrifice and

Where are the gaps between the two, and how do we close them?

investment. But all of our futures

  How do students learn? How can we support different learning styles? 

ride on the outcome. 

How can technology help? 

Who's ready for the challenge?

  Where do students prefer to get information? 

What do they do with it when they get it? 

  What more as educators do we need to learn? 

What questions do we need to ask?

The answers to the questions above will be as varied in perspective as 

the people who work together to answer them. As stated many times in this

report, it is critical that all of those who work toward change   regardless of

how they choose to get there   share a common vision of their destination

to anchor their efforts and give meaning to sometimes difficult discussions. 

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