City and Elmore on Technology and Schools

In part six of a seven part HGSE/Education Week series on the future of school reform, Ed School faculty members Elizabeth City and Richard Elmore write about the future of schools and schooling in a world with ubiquitous technology.

Using Technology to Move Beyond Schools

by Elizabeth City and Richard Elmore

Think ahead 10 or 15 years and ask yourself, “What proportion of the activity called ‘learning’ will be located in the institution called ‘school’?” The availability of relatively cheap technologies offering direct access to knowledge of all types creates opportunities for students to experience a dramatic increase in the choice of what they learn, with whom they choose to learn, and how they choose to learn. How will the institution called “school” survive in this environment, in what form will it survive, and what would schools look like if they chose not just to “survive” but to find a productive place in this new environment? ... Read the complete commentary on edweek.org. (Registration may be required.)