• “our value is measured in how much we move others forward”
• practice collaborative design
• Grand Rapids Public Museum School opening in September (grades 6-12) - about school feeling like a privilege rather than an obligation
• become a design thinker in pursuing answers to big questions
• use of the community as the classroom
• “it’s about getting out” of: - the 2 covers of the textbook
• the 4 walls of the classroom
• the 6 periods of the day
• working with many partners in education and business
• changed conversation about school reform by inviting many diverse voices
• it’s not about finding the cookie cutter. synthesizing research, needs of the learner, and what is happening in society
• did not use just verbal in planning (sketching, writing, physical movement, walk in the woods, improvisation)
• many barriers to accomplishing collaboration - complacency: value of known over new, value predictability and comfort over change
• near-sightedness: lose bigger vision when stuck on obstacle in the foreground
• new mode of operation: “What can I/we do to progress the project?”
• blander: meetings, structures, procedures that makes the change more safe
• How might you move the next generation forward? - start a conversation
• reach out
• look around
• “Be valuable and move someone forward today”

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