The Mission

Jennifer S. Gro!

What should students learn in the 21st

Century?

Yet$Curriculum$has$evolved$slowly

Ancient(Greece(&(Rome(

Early(Christianity(&(Middle(Ages

Renaissance(&(

Enlightenment

Modern(Industrial(Era

History

Music

Art

Philosophy)&)Ethics

Hum

anities

Arithmetic

Geometry

Astronomy

Biology,)Chemistry,)Physics

Algebra,)Trigonometry,)Calculus)ST

EM

Reading,)Writing

Literature

Oratory

Rhetoric

Grammar,)Handwriting,)Spelling

Greek,)Latin

Contemporary)Languages)incl.)2nd)language

Lang

uage

With$a$special$“Thank$You”$to$the$

Founda<on$Henri$Moser

for$its$founding$support$and$trust,

and$our$exis<ng$partners

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Vola<lity

$ Uncertainty

$ $ Complexity

$ $ $ Ambiguity

And$thrown$into

Source:$US$Army$War$College,$2001

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Accelerating Change Demands Different Skills

e.g. consultants

e.g. engineers

e.g. assembly work

e.g. paperwork

e.g. plumbing

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IN#MORE#DEVELOPED#COUNTRIES

Race%up%the%Value%Chain

Source:$$“Tough$Choices$or$Tough$Times”$

2007,$Na<onal$center$on$educa<on$and$

the$economy

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Students$beg$for$relevance

Relevance$is$a$choice

Discipline (below) AlgebraApplied Maths Calculus

Discrete Mathematics Foundations Geometry

Numbers & Operations

Statistics & Probability

Topology & Recreational

X represents significant usage in

Matrices, Operations, Vectors etc

Complex systems,

Control, Game theory, etc

Analysis, Transforms, Polynomials,

etc

Automata, Graphs,

Computational maths etc

Sets, Logic etcCurves,

Dimensions, Trans-formations, Trigonometry, etc

Arithmetic operations, Fractions,

Sequences, etc

Distributions, Analysis,

Estimation, etc

Knots, Figures, Folding, Spaces,

etc

Anthropology X X Architecture X X X X XArt/Design X X XBiology (genetics, zoology, etc) X X X X X X X XBusiness X X X X X X Civil engineering X X X X X X X XComputer science X X X X X X X X XEconomics X X X X X X X XElectrical engineering X X X X X X X Geology/Geography X X X X History X X Law X X Linguistics X X X Mechanical engineering X X X X X X X XMedicine/Pharmacy X X X Music X X Neuroscience X X X X X X X Philosophy X X X Physics X X X X X X X X XPsychology X X X X X X Sociology X X

Versatility as a strategy

mTBroad Knowledge

Single vs MultipleDeep Expertise

m-shaped Individual, not just T-shaped

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Expanding the Mindset

Courtesy of Olin President Richard Miller

“Event Horizon”: What if formal education cannot catch up ?

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…deeply$embedding$realPworld$needs$(Math&as&example&here)

Board&of&Advisors(Incl.&Jurisdic<ons)

Subject&SMEs

Math#SME#organizaCons:• IMU

• NCTM

• MAA

• AMS

• EMS

Prac%%oners

20##Successful#PracCConers:•Art/Design•Art/Performing

•Business$(entrepreneur)•Communica<ons/Media

•Construc<on/Architecture•Engineering$(EE$or$ME)

•Farming/Fishing/Forestry

•Finance•Law•Manufacturing

•Medicine/Nursing

•Retail$(owner)•Transporta<on/Logis<cs

Academics

5#Star#Academics:#(will#represent#disciplines#broadly)•Biology/Biotech/Chemistry

•Economics/Business

•Philosophy/Literature•Physics/Engineering•Psychology/Sociology

CurriculumSMEs

5#Math#Curriculum#Experts#(3x,#1#reporCng):•Algebra•Arithme<c

•Calculus•Geometry

•Stats$&$Probs

5#Star#Math#Teachers:•Algebra•Arithme<c

•Calculus•Geometry

•Stats$&$Probs

TeacherSMEs

5&full><me&CCR&team:&synthesis

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Luminaries

Teachers

Students

Public

Webcha]er

• 200&essaysPublish&online&and&as&book

• 20,000&&teachers• 200,000&students• 2&Million&parents

Web>based&surveys,&publish&online

• 2&Billion&itemsAnalysis&of&tweets,&blogs,&searches&etc.

Publish&online

…gathering$global$views$&$socializing

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Tes<monial$from$our$24PyearPold$webmaster

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Social Studies

Geography

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Robotics

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Robotics

Entrepreneurship

Digital Literacy

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Neuroscience

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Q42012

Q12013

Q22013

Q32013

Q42013

Q12014

Q22014

Q32014

Q42014

Q12015

Q22015

FUTURISTS

NEUROSCIENCE

CHARACTER

Math

Science / STEM

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