1. I should have international races/competitions with my schools and schools/districts overseas.2. The idea of a flipped classroom sounds like it could really be a great step in education. The idea is that students are sent home to watch online lectures (like the ones from Khan Academy), when the student can watch the video as many times as needed, and then work on what is normally considered homework in class, where the teacher is able to help.
3. Something the Secretary said himself: Technology has changed so much in the past few hundred years, and yet education is still on an agrarian schedule. Innovation in the classroom is important, and we need to change with the times.
4. I may want to bring back the 3rd language, at least in the international schools.
5. Arne Duncan: "Education is too far down on the priority list." President Obama met with the head of South Korea once and asked him what his most difficult challenge was with education. The leader of South Korea said that the parents are too demanding. He has to spend millions of dollars to do things like start English in first grade because the parents won't wait until second. What does this say about American parents and education?
6. I'd love to find something for every class (or have the teachers/departments find something) that has to do with the subject that can be a filler so that wasted time in class goes down. For example, in almost every class, current events in that subject could fill up time. Or, in math, practice problems. Things of this nature.
7. Arne Duncan: "I don't teach 3rd graders to read. My job is to help those people who teach 3rd graders to read to do their jobs better." This is exactly how I feel about what I want to do with education.
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