August 4, 2008RIASP

Raymond McNulty, Senior Vice President, ICLE

• Identify the essential characteristics of successful schools and the most rapidly improving schools

• Best Practices/Research to assist schools

• Organize our learning into useful tools

• Not an expert

• I’m a learner and I change my opinion based on what I learn.

“In times of change, learners inherit the Earth while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.”

Eric Hoffer, American Social Writer

AGENDA

1. Opening Thoughts

2. Four Major Challenges

3. Generation Gap and Learning

4. Traits of Top Performers

5. Key Strategies

6. Rigor, Relevance, Relationships ????

7. The Learning Criteria

8. Closing Advice

AGENDA

1. Opening Thoughts

2. Four Major Challenges

3. Generation Gap and Learning

4. Traits of Top Performers

5. Key Strategies

6. Rigor, Relevance, Relationships ????

7. The Learning Criteria

8. Closing Advice

The primary aim of education is not to enable students to do well in school, but to help them do well in the lives they lead outside of school.

We’ve created false proxies for learning…

• Finishing a course or textbook has come to mean achievement

• Listening to lecture has come to mean understanding

• Getting a high score on a standardized test has come to mean proficiency

Too often students are given answers to remember rather than problems to

solve.-Robert Lewin

Learning should have its roots in..

• Meaning, not just memory

• Engagement, not simply transmission

• Inquiry, not only compliance

• Exploration, not just acquisition

• Personalization, not simply uniformity

• Collaboration, not only competition

• Trust, not fear

• Basic Knowledge/Skills

• English Language (spoken)

• Reading Comprehension • (in English)• Writing in English • (grammar, spelling, etc.)• Mathematics

• Science

• Government/Economics

• Humanities/Arts

• Foreign Languages

• History/Geography

“Are They Really Ready To Work?”

Applied Skills

•Critical Thinking/Problem Solving

•Oral Communication

•Written Communication

•Teamwork/Collaboration

•Diversity

•Information Technology Application

•Leadership

•Creativity/Innovation

•Lifelong Learning/Self Direction

•Professionalism/Work Ethic

•Ethics/Social Responsibility

Leave us alone… Let us get our job done!!!!

US 15 Year-Olds Rank Near Middle Of The Pack Among 32 Participating Countries: 1999

U.S. RANKREADING 15TH

MATH 19TH

SCIENCE 14TH

PISA 2003: US 15 Year-Olds Rank Near The End Of The Pack Among

29 OECD Countries

U.S. RANK READING 20TH

MATH 24TH

SCIENCE 19TH

Source: NCES, 2005, International Outcomes of Learning in Mathematics, Literacy and Problem Solving: 2003 PISA Results.NCES 2005-003

Problems are not limited to our high-poverty and high-minority

schools . . .

U.S. Ranks Low in the Percent of Students in the Highest Achievement Level (Level 6)

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U.S. Ranks 23rd out of 29 OECD Countries in the Math Achievement of the Highest-

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U.S. Ranks 23rd out of 29OECD Countries in the Math Achievement of

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“We’re No. 1! We lead the world in prison incarcerations. If only we were No. 1 in education.”

Tom Carroll, “Education Beats Incarceration” in Education Week, March 26, 2008 (p. 32) referring to a recent Pew Center study showing that one in every 100 Americans is behind bars; the figure for African-American men between 20 and 34 is one in nine.

What got us to where we are today in education,

will not get us to where we need to be!

Educator’s need to become the agents of change.

“Leadership is action, not position.”

Donald H. McGannon

BANKING

• Sears

• IBM

• Digital…. “In Search of Excellence”

• Xerox

AGENDA

1. Opening Thoughts

2. Four Major Challenges

3. Generation Gap and Learning

4. Traits of Top Performers

5. Key Strategies

6. Rigor, Relevance, Relationships ????

7. The Learning Criteria

8. Closing Advice

Four Major Challenges

Challenges

• Globalization

• Demographics

• Values / Beliefs

• Technology

GlobalizationGlobalization

• 9/11

• 11/9

• Information Tech (Work to Worker)

GlobalizationGlobalization

• Tax Returns

• MRIs

• McDonalds

Cities with 1 Million PeopleCities with 1 Million People

• United States 9

Cities with 1 Million PeopleCities with 1 Million People

• United States

• Europe

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Cities with 1 Million PeopleCities with 1 Million People

• United States

• Europe

• China (2006)

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Cities with 1 Million PeopleCities with 1 Million People

• United States

• Europe

• China (2006)

• China (2020)

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Oil

The United States consumes one-quarter of the world’s oil.

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

Price of Oil

2004: $33 per barrel

2008: $135 per barrel and could rise as high as $200 per barrel

Source: SFGate.com

Oil Production

2004: 83 Million barrels per day (M b/d)

2008: 85 M b/d (and has barely moved since 2005)

2030: 100 M b/d maximum.

Source: SFGate.comTransport & Logistics News

Current Production

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2004 U.S. Demand

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2008 World Demand

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Gas – Price Per GallonJune 1, 2008

U.S. $ 3.96

Japan $ 5.77

Great Britain $ 8.31

France $ 9.66

Germany $ 11.49

Source: Energy Information Administration; Oil Information Center; AP Reporting

Savings RateSavings Rate

1.1. India -- 25%India -- 25%

2. Japan -- 28%2. Japan -- 28%

3. Korea -- 30%3. Korea -- 30%

4. China -- 50%4. China -- 50%

5. United States -- (-4%)5. United States -- (-4%)

2007 – World Economic Leaders

1. United States

2. Japan

3. England

4. Germany

Source: Goldman Sacks

2040 – World Economic Leaders

1. China2. India3. United States4. Mexico5. Russia6. Brazil7. Germany8. England

Source: Goldman Sacks

Elementary Schools6 Years Integrated Science

Biology / Chemistry Grade 7

Biology / Physics Grade 8

Physics / Chemistry Grade 9

Integrated Science Grades 10 - 12

Source: Ed Week 6/6/07

Chinese Science

16th Spain 17th Netherlands 18th France 19th Britain 20th USA 21st ???—no one country will ever

again be the dominant focus of the entire century.

Challenges

• Globalization

• Demographics

• Values / Beliefs

• Technology

Start WorkingEnd WorkingLongevity

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• 1946 4.6 / 100

• 2000 1.4 – 1.8 / 100

Demographics

• In 2016, 25% of the U.S. workforce will be over the age of 55.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Over 85Over 85

• 1994 3.5 Million

• 2020 7 Million

• 2050 27 Million

Registered VotersRegistered VotersSchool Age ChildrenSchool Age Children

• 1960 50 %

• 2005 18 %

Challenges

• Globalization

• Demographics

• Values / Beliefs

• Technology

Larger ContextLarger Context

• 1901 – 24 G.I.

• 1925 – 42 Silent

• 1943 – 60 Boomers

• 1961 – 81 Gen X

• 1982 - Millennial

Percent MinorityPercent Minority

• G.I. 14.3 %

• Silent 19.9 %

• Boomers 25.5 %

• Gen X 36.2 %

• Millennial 40.3 %

Millennial ParentsMillennial Parents

• Accountability

• Protective

• Connected 24 / 7

• Cool to be Smart

• Team Skills

• Cool to Know Technology

Challenges

• Globalization

• Demographics

• Values / Beliefs

• Technology

Information TechnologyInformation Technology

• ProcessingProcessing

• CommunicationsCommunications

Nano TechnologyNano Technology

• Atom UpAtom Up

Information Systems Hardware

SPOTSPOT

• MicrosoftMicrosoft– CitizenCitizen– FossilFossil– SuuncoSuunco

SPOTSPOT

• Integrated ProjectionIntegrated Projection

• Projection KeyboardProjection Keyboard

Language TranslationLanguage Translation

Emotiv

• 16 embedded sensors

• Detect facial expressions and emotions

• Push, pull, lift, and drop

http://emotiv.com/INDS_3/inds_3.html

KeyboardKeyboard

Three Question Exercise

1. What will the world be like 20 years from now?

2. What skills will your child need to be successful in that world?

3. What would learning look like if it was designed around your answers?

AGENDA

1. Opening Thoughts

2. Four Major Challenges

3. Generation Gap and Learning

4. Traits of Top Performers

5. Key Strategies

6. Rigor, Relevance, Relationships ????

7. The Learning Criteria

8. Closing Advice

21st CenturyWe are already there!!

“Learning is the work for everyone.”

- Michael Fullan

“Learning is developing the individual and the organization day after

day within the culture.”

- Michael Fullan

Motivation is a key ingredient for success in learning.

The Internet has created the greatest generation gap since the advent of

rock and roll.

This Generation…Teenagers surveyed…

• use 4 – 5 active e-mail addresses • nearly 60% would rather use e-mail than a

telephone

• are likely to have 6 applications running at once on their PC

• 26% of U.S. students access a foreign news service as a primary source for news

• 96% of U.S. students surveyed say school is important to their success, but only 20% believe it is meeting their needs

• Over 20% of students reported doing Internet research for parent purchases

This Generation…

This Generation…

• The “killer application” for today’s students isn’t You Tube, Face Book, My Space, Google, Moodle, Pod-casting or some Wiki-site

• For digital teens, the one and only “killer app” is… speed

• Consider this …

This Generation…

–The fastest growing segment of computer-users today in the U.S. is 5 to 7 year olds

We have to collaborate to get

better.

How do we teach our children to live and

work in this society?

Question:

There’s no silver bullet!!

NO EPIPHANY

AGENDA

1. Opening Thoughts

2. Four Major Challenges

3. Generation Gap and Learning

4. Traits of Top Performers

5. Key Strategies

6. Rigor, Relevance, Relationships ????

7. The Learning Criteria

8. Closing Advice

Break the self-limiting mindset

MENTAL TOUGHNESS

Roger Bannister

Love pressure

Devote yourself passionately to improvement

Focus on what you can control

Don’t get distracted

Fixate on the long term

The trick is to meticulously plan short- term goals

• Break the self limiting mindset

• Love pressure

• Focus on what you can control

• Fixate on the long term

AGENDA

1. Opening Thoughts

2. Four Major Challenges

3. Generation Gap and Learning

4. Traits of Top Performers

5. Key Strategies

6. Rigor, Relevance, Relationships ????

7. The Learning Criteria

8. Closing Advice

Key Strategies

• Innovation

• Leadership and Leadership Density

• Attend to the Big Three

• Coherence

1. Innovation

A Story….

• Not a bad idea, but to earn a grade more than a C+, the idea has to be viable! (Yale Professor)

• Fredrick Smith

• The idea FedEx

“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities; in the expert’s mind there are few.”

-Shurnyu Suzuki