#17 Staying Curious about What’s Possible

Listening to the news, the current state of education seems to be at an important juncture. Student learning loss. School safety. Teacher shortages. All top the headlines. In Episode #17 (YouTube, Spotify, Apple, Google Play) Roark Horn, former School Administrators of Iowa Executive Director and currently a Pomerantz Endowed Professorship in Education Excellence instructor of Superintendency, sat down to discuss the purpose of education and ways to reframe the current view of education to one that includes the opportunities and possibilities before us, based on the things we’ve learned along the way. While many are focused on the outcome of the midterm elections, I think the biggest impact on the US is the degree to which our educational system changes or remains the same in light of so much transition and change in our broader society. Now is a time to invest in ourselves and those around us by ensuring our democracy survives through creating a strong, engaged, electorate, who understands the importance of investing in education and helping our children to access the learning and skills that will carry them forward.

Referenced Texts

A Nation at Risk by The National Commission on Excellence in Education

The Manufactured Crisis by David Berliner and Bruce Biddle

Savage Inequalities by Jonathan Kozol

How to be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X Kendi

The Four Pivots by Shawn A. Ginwright, PhD