{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1","title":"Stephen Braunius","home_page_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org","feed_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/json/","description":"<p>Seek | Do | Share</p><p>I have always loved to learn new things and put that knowledge to use. This is where I share what I’m learning.</p>","icon":"/media/production/images/item-03dca25ffbbc24c77ac4bc2c4d97c965.png","favicon":"/media/production/images/item-03dca25ffbbc24c77ac4bc2c4d97c965.png","authors":[{"name":"Stephen Braunius"}],"language":"en-us","items":[{"id":"-IzThO9ogm1","title":"TedXMac 2017: Sarah Morin & Will Lowry, The Future of High School Education","url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/i/tedxmac-2017-sarah-morin-will-lowry-the-future-of-high-school-education/","authors":[{"name":"Stephen Braunius"}],"content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://stephen.braunius.org/media/production/images/item-919544b4132c152563e5557517a8bd0e.jpg\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https://stephen.braunius.org/media/production/images/item-919544b4132c152563e5557517a8bd0e.jpg\"/></a><br/>\n Sarah Morin &amp; Will Lowry, The Future of High School Education</p>\n<ul>\n<li>High Schools lack direct purpose to life outside of the classroom</li>\n<li>AP classes are no longer a differentiator (4 million AP tests taken this past year)</li>\n<li>independent study could be a solution - study outside of a classroom in the community</li>\n<li>only 3.45% of local students participate in independent study</li>\n<li>re-frame what an independent study is and turn it into a differentiator</li>\n<li>business leaders should take initiative to give students an opportunity to work with them</li>\n<li>many students are leaving the state of Michigan because they are not connected to local businesses</li>\n<li>schools should be open to having students leave campus to work in businesses</li>\n<li>what’s next - high schoolers need to believe in themselves</li>\n<li>the community needs to believe in the potential of our students</li>\n</ul><p><em>Categories: Learning · Tags: tedxmac17 · Originally published on stephen.braunius.org</em></p>","content_text":"Sarah Morin & Will Lowry, The Future of High School Education\n\nHigh Schools lack direct purpose to life outside of the classroom\n\nAP classes are no longer a differentiator (4 million AP tests taken this past year)\n\nindependent study could be a solution - study outside of a classroom in the community\n\nonly 3.45% of local students participate in independent study\n\nre-frame what an independent study is and turn it into a differentiator\n\nbusiness leaders should take initiative to give students an opportunity to work with them\n\nmany students are leaving the state of Michigan because they are not connected to local businesses\n\nschools should be open to having students leave campus to work in businesses\n\nwhat’s next - high schoolers need to believe in themselves\n\nthe community needs to believe in the potential of our students\n\nCategories: Learning · Tags: tedxmac17 · Originally published on stephen.braunius.org","image":"/media/production/images/item-919544b4132c152563e5557517a8bd0e.jpg","date_published":"2017-03-21T16:00:00.000Z","date_modified":"2026-10-28T20:33:31.356Z","_microfeed":{"slug":"tedxmac-2017-sarah-morin-will-lowry-the-future-of-high-school-education","authors":[{"name":"Stephen Braunius","type":"Person"}],"web_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/i/tedxmac-2017-sarah-morin-will-lowry-the-future-of-high-school-education/","json_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/i/-IzThO9ogm1/json/","rss_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/i/-IzThO9ogm1/rss/","guid":"http://stephen.braunius.org/tedxmac-2017-sarah-morin-will-lowry-the-future-of-high-school-education/","status":"published","date_published_short":"Tue Mar 21 2017","date_published_ms":1490112000000}}],"_microfeed":{"publisher":{"name":"Stephen Braunius","type":"Person","url":"https://stephen.braunius.org"},"authors":[{"name":"Stephen Braunius","type":"Person"}],"microfeed_version":"1.0.13","base_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org","categories":[],"subscribe_methods":[{"name":"RSS","type":"rss","url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/rss/","image":"https://stephen.braunius.org/assets/brands/subscribe/rss.png","enabled":true,"editable":false,"id":"3ruTYsoZVaf"},{"name":"JSON","type":"json","url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/json/","image":"https://stephen.braunius.org/assets/brands/subscribe/json.png","enabled":true,"editable":false,"id":"5nhVQKje4_K"}],"description_text":"Seek | Do | Share\nI have always loved to learn new things and put that knowledge to use. This is where I share what I’m learning.","copyright":"©2007–2026 Stephen Braunius","itunes:type":"episodic","items_sort":"published_at","items_order":"desc"}}