Redesigning School

Every one of our graduates eventually becomes someone else's employee.  As we redesign school, how much should we take into account the world of work our students will enter? You could make the argument that the model of today's school was designed to create and sort labor pools for industries -- many of which have changed profoundly or even disappeared. (Truth in advertising: we make that precise argument at The Mastery School of Hawken...). Should we now design school around the needs of Google or the local wind turbine manufacturer? In this episode Terry Dubow and Julia Griffin chew on this topic with the help of Sarah Pearson, Product Support Manager at Google and Hawken alum, who sheds some light on the world of work. She also shares her ideas about what schools should and shouldn't do to prepare students.If you're interested in seeing the video that Julia references, click here. You might also be interested in this piece about how some employers are opting out of asking where or whet