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Manifesto for education change | Connected Principals

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Manifesto for education change

(This article is a compilation of tweets – feel free to add your comments and questions and advance the conversation.)
Imagine Learning Manifesto for education change #edchat #education #cpchat
The world is changing rapidly. Regrettably, education is not keeping pace with change. We need to re-think education. Toffler said 21st C learning is about learning, unlearning & relearning. So true. Governments are rarely visionary. Educators need to lead the vision of education as politicians cannot. Do not. Education should be about empowerment of people. Education should be about growing people.
With clear shifts to online activity everywhere else, we should expect this to happen in education. This will change the nature of schooling. To not expect a fundamental shift to online would be to make a fundamental