The Flat World and Education

The Executive Leadership Council has been exploring what schools of the future students might look like.  Linda Darling-Hammond’s new book, The Flat World and Education: How America’s Commitment to Equity will Determine our Future, has been an integral part of their study and should be on every educational leader’s summer reading list. The text offers a wake-up call concerning America’s future and vividly illustrates what the United States needs to do in order to build a system of high-achieving and equitable schools that ensures every child the right to learn.

James Banks in the foreword states, "This sobering but hopeful book was written to mobilize the nation to action, to challenge pervasive myths and misconceptions about education and schooling, and to present a blueprint for reforming educational policy, schooling, and teacher education." As you think about plans for your school for the next school year and beyond, challenge yourself to think differently about how you and your colleagues will make the changes necessary to build a better and brighter future for our children and our nation.