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A quick perspective of

K-12 Education and

Learning

Gary KrahnIncoming Head of LJCDS

[email protected]

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Our Intuition…..

11 yard

Circumference is now about 18 ft

Increase ofabout 18 ft

Circumference is about 9 in

Circumference is about 25,000 miles

Increase ofabout 18 ft

LA JOLLA COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL

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Our Intuition

4/27/2015 LA JOLLA COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL

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Questions

1. Should you talk to your baby using “baby talk?”

2. At the critical early lower school years should you purchase a low, middle, or high-end playground set?

3. What learning difference are you most likely to find at the board room of a Fortune 500 company?

4. To develop confidence in your 13 year-old daughter, about how often should you tell her how smart she is?


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West PointWest Point, NY

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West Point Classroom In The 1800’s

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A teacher's purpose is not to create students in her/his own image, but to develop students to become the best

version of themselves.

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Afghanistan

BalochPashtun

Hazara

Uzbek Animas

Turkmen

Nuristani

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Relationships

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___________

PK-12 education will define the success of

our nation_________________

Opinion

“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.”Alan Kay


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Some Goals Of Education….

• To be able to anticipate and respond effectively to the uncertainties and opportunities of a rapidly changing technological, social, political, and economic world.

• To feel comfortable with who you are.

• To understand that you belong to something larger than yourself.

• To have a moral compass.

• To examine the world through many lenses.

• To understand your responsibly to make our world a better place.


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Dean Debrah Stipek

Stanford's Initiatives

1. World Health

2. Global Environment and Sustainability

3. World Peace

4. Arts and Creativity

5. K-12 Education


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Thinking

• Creative thinking: The process of having original ideas that have value.

• Divergent thinking: The ability to see lots of possible answers to a question and lots of possible ways to interpret a question.

• There are tests for creativity …

10 years0 years - 5 years -98% 50% < 30%

Can you see the impact of our education system?


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PK-12 System

• Created during the industrial age

• Designed to create the workforce for the assembly lines

• Designed to train


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What’s Wrong

• 40 years ago……

• Schools of Education / Diversity

• Teachers are not valued, paid, or respected as professionals

• Driven by what can be easily measured

• 3.5 million K-12 teachers

• Too many structures


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How Do Civilizations Advance - Matt Ridley

• Civilizations do not advance because

people are becoming more intelligent.

• Civilizations advance because of the

ability of people to share ideas.


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Start With Why - Richard Feynman

“We will only continue to progress

if we always leave some room for

doubt, some room for discussion.

Uncertainty unleashes the real

possibilities of the future of mankind.”

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Summary Of Essential Capacities For

Our Students Today

1. Complex Communication – Oral and Written

2. Analytical and Creative Thinking and Problem-Solving

3. Leadership and Teamwork

4. Digital and Quantitative Literacy

5. Global Perspective

6. Adaptability, Initiative, Curiosity, and Risk-Taking

7. Integrity and Ethical Decision-Making


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Finnish Phenomenon Finland has not always been a high performer

1970 1980 1990 2000 2010

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Finland

• Women

• Equity

• Teachers

• Best Practices (45/15 rule)

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Play, Play, Play

When it comes to brain development, time in the classroom may be less important than time on the playground.

“The experience of play changes the connections of the neurons at the front end of your brain,” says Sergio Pellis, a researcher at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta, Canada. “And without play experience, those neurons aren't changed,” he says.


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(Hillman et al., 2009)

Composite Attentional Allocationof 20 student’s taking the same test

After a 20 minutes of

WalkingAfter 20 minutes of

Sitting Quietly

3 8µV


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FITKidsIntervention

WaitlistControl

Pre-test 9 Months Later

7 10µV


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John Medina: “Brain Rules”

• Stress changes the way we learn

• Vision trumps all of the other senses

• Every brain is wired differently

• Sleep is powerfully linked with the ability to learn

• Exercise improves cognition

• Top to Bottom – Not Left and Right


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Relationships• Bill Wulf – National Academy of Engineering

• Ben Cole – National Security Agency

• Luis Prieto – World Trade Center

• Ted Hromadka – Erin Brockovich

• Frank Wattenberg - HP

• Danny Goroff – Prof of the Application of Math

• Hal Fredricksen - Code Breaker / Mentor

• Donna Hicks – Harvard Professor / Dignity


cIndividualization – Mass Production - Customization

Jim Coulter4/27/2015 LA JOLLA COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL

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Disney Imagineers

• The Story

• “Plus+ing”

• The Power of Mentors

Bob Weis


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Google

HR model: failure & love

Being part of

something bigger

than yourself

Tyrannosaurus Rex

Ivan Ernest


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Learning to Ask Questions

Some examples of questions include:

• What are your reasons for saying that?

• What other information do we need to know?

• Is there good evidence for believing that?

• What do you think the cause is?

• When you say___, are you implying that____?”

• Could you be more specific?


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Popular Topics


• Technology

• Diversity

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What Keeps A Head of School Awake At Night?

• Appropriately preparing our students for their futures

• Blending a remarkable faculty

• Advancing the learning experience without advancing the rate of tuition increases

• Developing Leaders of Character


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Michael Howard

It is a characteristic of “education” that it is a cooperative effort. It is not simply the speculation of some sage or scholar in the privacy of his study. “Education” of any kind is a matter of teamwork between specialists who have soaked themselves in their subject, who live together, who criticize one another’s ideas, each of whom makes an individual although quite often imperceptible contribution to the totality of knowledge and understanding. …. It progresses through dialogue.


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Thank you for your interest and commitment

to education

Gary Krahn

Incoming Head of LJCDS

k-12 education and learning

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