Teaching 2030 : what we must do for our students and our public schools : now and in the future

Acknowledgments . . ix
Prologue: We Cannot Create What We Cannot Imagine . . xiii

1. The Teachers of 2030 and a Hopeful Vision . . 1
Students of Today and Tomorrow . . 2
"Imagineering" the Future: Learning and Teaching in the Year 2030 . . 5
In 2030, Teaching Is Understood as Complex Work . . 6
In 2030, New Trust Remakes Teaching and Learning . . 8
In 2030, Confronting Educational Inequities . . 12
Tipping Toward a 21st-century Profession . . 15
Emergent Realities Shape the Teaching Profession of 2030 . . 16

2. A Very Brief History of Teaching in America . . 21
From Women's Work to Industrial Age Automatons . . 22
Thorndike Beats Dewey in the Early Struggle . . 24
"The Great Society" Looks to Teaching for Answers . . 26
Unions Ascend as Teaching Pressures Mount . . 28
Professionalism Versus Deregulation in the Late 20th Century . . 30
Looking Forward—with Some Hope and Audacity . . 36

3. Emergent Reality # 1: A Transformed Learning Ecology for Students and Teachers . . 39
Learning from Isaiah, Ziad, and Many Other Students . . 44
Confronting the Limitations of 20th-century Standardized Tests and Accountability . . 50
Improve Measures to Improve teaching and Learning . . 55
A Different Kind of Accountability . . 60
A New Learning Ecology for Teachers Too . . 63
Working with Special-Needs Students . . 67
Teachers Working with Each Other . . 70

4. Emergent Reality #2: Seamless Connections In and Out of Cyberspace . . 75
Melding the Virtual and Physical Worlds . . 81
The Diverse Needs of Students Today and the Schools Tomorrow . . 85
The Community-Centered School . . 87
We're Wasting Time Arguing About 20th-century Schools . . 92
Connectivity for All . . 97

5. Emergent Reality #3: Differentiated Pathways and Careers for a 21st-century Profession . . 101
Outgrowing a One-Size-Fits-All Profession . . 101
Redefining the Profession for Results-Oriented Teaching . . 107
Teacher Education for a Differentiated, Results-Oriented Profession . . 116
Professional Compensation for a Differentiated Profession . . 125

6. Emergent Reality #4: Teacherpreneurism and a Future of Innovation . . 135
Scaling and Spreading Teacher Expertise . . 135
The Making of Teacherpreneurs . . 141
Teacherpreneurism for Connected Learning . . 145
Teacherpreneurs for Research . . 147
Teacherpreneurs for Best Practice and Policy . . 149
Teacherpreneurs for Community . . 160
Creating a System of Teacherpreneurship . . 162

7. Policy Levers of Change: Accelerating Change and Transforming Teaching . . 167
Change Lever #1: Engage the Public with a New Vision for Teaching and Learning . . 171
Change Lever #2: Rethink School Finance . . 176
Change Lever #3: Redefine Teacher Education and Licensing to Advance the Spread of Effective Teaching . . 183
Change Lever #4: Cultivate Working Conditions That Make High-Needs Schools "Easier To Staff" . . 187
Change Lever #5: Reframe Accountability for Transformative Results . . 192
Change Lever #6: Transform Teacher Unions Into Professional Guilds . . 197

8. Taking Action for a Hopeful Future . . 205
What You Can Do to Build a 21 st-Century Teaching Profession . . 208

Notes . . 215
About the Authors . . 235
Index . . 244