1 year left for Primary School 2020

A thought; If we want to have solved the basic learning dilemma by 2020, we have 1 year to create the primary school supporting it! As from 2012-2020 the first kids should be on it, testing it. We need to see for 8 years (age 4-12) if it works or not, than it is ‘academically’ correct. This sounds like an impossible challenge, to take a deep breath and change the education paradigm and hope it will work out in 8 years from now… Well, IT IS. We can’t take risks and damage almost a whole generation with an educational experiment.

Different than 10 years ago, teachers, parents AND children demand a revolution. Probably the first time in history. I will write an article in the IJsselgroep Magazine ‘De Wijzer’, imagining the future kid at school. (#Update Feb’11, article published: “Teacher, can I have more learning tasks? (in Dutch, page 6-7)“