Welcome to the Future of Education: Charlottesville, a show where we consider what our education system should look like in 20 years.   I’m your host Lee Elberson and I ask you to join me on a journey to the future as experts from the Charlottesville Community explore our education system through a variety of different lenses.  These topics are specific to Charlottesville but likely have wide-reaching implications.

Intro Music: Yoffee, J. (2020). Will To Live [Single]

Topics Covered:

Background

1. What impact did education make on you growing up?


2. What motivated you to work in independent schools?


3. Do small independent schools require staff to wear many hats?  If so, what are the advantages of creating generalists in this environment?

Historical review of education

1. Compared to 20 years ago, what strides have been made in our education system? 


2. What are some of the unique challenges that small independent schools face that students face 20 years ago?


3. Have students developed an oversimplified view of pass/fail in the past decade?


4. What were some of the learning lessons from a year of COVID schooling at Renaissance?


5. What do you think students get out of a college degree that justifies the cost?

Future thinking

1. What do we want our education system to look like in 20 years?


2. What does equity look like in our school systems?  


3. Jobs ask for resumes, Colleges ask for test scores, and school systems depend on transcripts.   Are we too dependent on test scores?


4. What does the class of 2041 have that the class of 2021 does not?


5. What does collaboration look like among educational institutions?


6. What can we do NOW to shape our education system?


7. Would focusing on project-based learning help or hurt students' career trajectory?