DLNY24

So often in education, when we talk about potential reforms or changes, we look to the past for answers. Where is the reassuring research? What does the data prove? While there is certainly value in understanding what came before, what gets lost when we only focus on incrementally improving someone else’s 150-year-old dream for teaching and learning? Given the current state of education, it might feel irresponsible to turn our focus away from the present. School leaders are managing low test scores, high rates of depression and anxiety, divided communities, and unprecedented teacher shortages. But it is precisely for these reasons that we must reimagine education and bring forth a new vision. What becomes possible when we shift our attention to shaping the future of teaching and learning? How might envisioning the future we want inspire experiments that breathe new creativity, shared vision, and joy into our teachers, students, districts, and communities? Join us for this inquiry-based session to: -Learn from and with one another as we explore the boundaries we place around school and work collaboratively to design the future of teaching and learning; -Think critically and creatively about the stories we tell ourselves about education and what is needed to enact real change inside a school and district; -Co-create a someday vision and build the path to get us there; -Receive World Savvy frameworks and resources that can be used inside their school community.