POSTED BY TEDBAUER2003
APRIL 26, 2012
If you are checking this out via iPad or other device and cannot see the audio player, click here to listen — or just go ahead and subscribe. You know you want to.
Lee Crockett is a managing partner at the 21st Century Fluency Project. In that role, he works with schools and districts on developing programs to foster skills needed in today’s world. He’s also an author of a number of books, including this one.
Through 45 episodes of this podcast, this is one of the most interesting episodes — especially if you’re fascinated by education or the future of American civilization (I realize that sounded dramatic, but it’s true in some respects). There are nice parts here contrasting the U.S. with other nations’ school systems, as well.
Here’s Lee talking about “living on the future edge:”
You can subscribe to this podcast at this link, and if you’re into Twitter, you can follow us @DaysWorkPodcast.