21st Century Learning and Skills

Disruptive Innovation

Jim Warford

Albert Einstein on Genius

“Everybody is a geniusin some way.

But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a Tree,

it will spend its life thinking it is stupid.”

My story…

Florida Accountability System

Began grading all schools “A–F” in 1999

Grade based solely on FCAT scores

Vouchers available to any student in “F” school

Rapid expansion of Charter and Choice Schools

Marion County 48 schools 34% minority

58% Free and Reduced Lunch

11 - “Low-Performing Schools”

3 - “F” schools 8 - “D” schools

Only 1 - “A” school

Business Community up in arms!

Developed the

Continuous Improvement Model

And implemented

Rigor and Relevance Training

Marion CIM Results

Went from three “F”, eight “D” and only one “A” school in 1999 to twenty “A”, sixteen “B” and no

“F” schools by 2003

Moved Marion from a low-performing district to an “A” district and above state average for first time in

its history

Helped close the achievement gap between student demographic groups

Reduced African-American students failing FCAT from 50% to 30%

Reduced Hispanic students failing FCAT from 38% to 29%

Cut the dropout rate almost in half…from 5.7% to 2.8%

Results Documented in:

“Educators in Action: Strategic Improvement Efforts”

Published by

American Productivity and Quality Center2007

In 2003, I was Appointed Florida’s First

Chancellor of K12 Public Schools

And given responsibilityFor over 300 of

Florida’s Lowest Performing

Schools

Between 2003-2006 the

Continuous Improvement Model

was implemented

in over 300 of Florida’s lowest-performing D and F Schools

Through the

“Assistance Plus Program”

In two years

over 80%

Moved off the low-performing list.

Lessons LearnedThe story of America’s public schools is NOT

a story of failure!

We educate more students today to a higher standard than ever before in our history!

But the world is changing even faster than we are.

Today’s students are wired differently!

Source: USA Today

Is ThisHow Teachers

Feel?

“Disrupting Class:

How Technology

Will Change the

Way the World Learns”by

Clayton M. Christensen

Sustaining Innovation

and

Disruptive Innovation

Disruptive Innovations

Follow a Pattern…

Here’s a Polaroid Picture!

Disruptive InnovationsApple Computer

Quartz Watches

Sony Transistor Radio

Xerox Copier

Google

“Disrupting Class”

0r…

How Technology Will

Change the Way the World Learns

“Computers can play an

Important part in helping our

Schools improve, but it matters

Far more how they are used…”

How were they first used?

Sustaining Innovation:

Sustaining Innovation:

Higher Test Scores

Disruptive Innovation:

Disruptive Innovation:

On-Line Learning

2000 45,000

Students Taking Courses On-Line

2000 45,0002007 1,000,000

Students Taking Courses On-Line

2000 45,0002007 1,000,000

2019 8,200,000

Students Taking Courses On-Line

Virtual School Enrollment

Has Doubled

in the Past 3 Years.

“Virtual Schooling is driving the same sorts of transforming

changes in education as Apple’s iTunes has been producing in the

way people listen to music.” Bill Tucker, Education Sector Institute

Florida Virtual School Enrollment

1997….. 1,000

2008….. 83,000

Florida Virtual School Enrollment

1997….. 1,000

2008….. 83,000

2010….. 120,000

Penn-Foster On-Line Enrollment

1995….. 45,000

2010….. 140,000

Apex Learning- Paul Allen

(Microsoft Co-Founder)

AP Course Offerings

2003….. 8,400

2006….. 30,200

Growth Rate = 50%

What Do Virtual School Students Say They Like

Best About It?

What Do Virtual School Students Say They Like

Best About It?

Individual Attention

One-on-One Instruction

Some Good News:

They Want to Come to

Your School….

Some Good News:

They Want to Come to

Your School….

But They Want It To Be

Very Different!

““HowHow we educate our children we educate our children in the future will be more in the future will be more important than important than how muchhow much we we educate them.”educate them.”

- Thomas Friedman

World is Flat 2006

Lessons Learned

Source: USA Today

Today’s StudentsAre wired

DIFFERENT!

Does This Remind

You of Someone

At Your School?

How DoToday’s Students

Feel About Your School?

Student Survey PercentagesStudent Survey Percentages

Survey Statement Total Male Female

I enjoy being at school 50.2 47.4 53.2

Teachers make school an exciting place to learn 33.0 32.9 32.6

Teachers have fun at school 38.5 39.8 37.6

Learning can be fun 63.5 59.0 69.3

Student Survey PercentagesStudent Survey Percentages

Survey Statement Total Male Female

At school I am encouraged to be creative 58.8 56.4 61.3

My classes help me understand what is happening in my everyday life 39.8 39.3 40.9

I learn new things that are interesting to me at school 66.3 63.8 69.9

Student Survey PercentagesStudent Survey Percentages

Survey Statement Total Male Female

Teachers care about me as an individual 51.0 50.1 52.7

Teachers care if I am absent from school 49.5 47.7 52.1

Survey Tools International Center for

Leadership in Education

We Learn Student Survey

We Teach Instructional Staff Survey

We Lead Leadership Survey

Teachers are

Feeling the Pressure!

Higher Test ScoresWon’t Save Public Schools…

Higher Test ScoresWon’t Save Public Schools…

But Engaging Technology Can

We Need A New Vision

Vision and Focus Can take you from Excuses to Results

We make too many Excuses…

Who’s To Blame?The college professor said:

“Such rawness in a student is a shame, lack of preparation in high school is to blame.”

Who’s To Blame?Said the high school teacher:

“Good heavens! That boy’s a fool. The fault of course is with the middle school.”

Who’s To Blame?The middle school teacher

said:

“From such stupidity may I be spared. They sent him in so unprepared.”

Who’s To Blame?The primary teacher huffed:

“Kindergarten blockheads all. They call that preparation – why, it’s worse than none at all.”

Who’s To Blame?The kindergarten teacher

said:

“Such lack of training never did I see. What kind of woman must that mother be.”

Who’s To Blame?The mother said:

“Poor helpless child. He’s not to blame. His father’s people were all the same.”

Who’s To Blame?Said the father at the end of the line:

“I doubt the rascal’s even mine.”

Anonymous

If Public Schools Are to Survive…

We must close the“Engagement Gap”

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ApplicationApplication

KnowledgeKnowledge

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Rigor/Relevance FrameworkRigor/Relevance Framework

1.1. AwarenessAwareness2.2. Comprehension Comprehension 3.3. ApplicationApplication4.4. AnalysisAnalysis5.5. Synthesis Synthesis 6.6. EvaluationEvaluation

Knowledge TaxonomyKnowledge Taxonomy

Application ModelApplication Model

1.1. Knowledge in one disciplineKnowledge in one discipline

2. Application within discipline2. Application within discipline

3. Application across disciplines3. Application across disciplines

4. Application to real-world predictable 4. Application to real-world predictable situationssituations

5. Application to real-world 5. Application to real-world unpredictable situationsunpredictable situations

Is it Application?Is it Application?◆If NO If NO

If YES - Is it real world?If YES - Is it real world?◆If NO and one disciplineIf NO and one discipline◆If NO and interdisciplinaryIf NO and interdisciplinary

If YES - Is it unpredictable?If YES - Is it unpredictable?◆If NO If NO ◆If YES If YES

Application ModelApplication Model

Level 1

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Level 3

Level 4

Level 5

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RIGOR

RELEVANCE

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TeacherTeacherWorkWork

Teacher/Student RolesTeacher/Student Roles

StudentStudentThinkThink

StudentStudentThink & WorkThink & Work

StudentStudentWorkWork

High

HighLow

Low

Brain Researchis providing

new support…

Kuzmich, 2008

What is learning?

How can we use this knowledge to improve student learning?

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How the Brain Learns

LevelsLevels

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Bloom’sBloom’s

ApplicationApplication

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20th Century

21th Century

In closing…

18th Annual Model Schools Conference18th Annual Model Schools ConferenceMonday, June 14 – Thursday, June 17, 2010Monday, June 14 – Thursday, June 17, 2010

OrlandoOrlando

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Lindsay Kaufman1587 Route 146Rexford, NY 12148Phone (518) 399-2776 x 206Fax (518) 399-7607E-mail – Lindsay@Daggett.comWebsite – www.LeaderEd.com

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