{"product_id":"building-school-2-0-isbn-9781118076828","title":"Building School 2.0","description":"\u003cb\u003eNinety-five propositions for creating more relevant, more caring schools\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eThere is a growing desire to reexamine education and learning. Educators use the phrase \"school 2.0\" to think about what schools will look like in the future. Moving beyond a basic examination of using technology for classroom instruction, \u003ci\u003eBuilding School 2.0: How to Create the Schools We Need\u003c\/i\u003e is a larger discussion of how education, learning, and our physical school spaces can—and should—change because of the changing nature of our lives brought on by these technologies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWell known for their work in creating Science Leadership Academy (SLA), a technology-rich, collaborative, learner-centric school in Philadelphia, founding principal Chris Lehmann and former SLA teacher Zac Chase are uniquely qualified to write about changing how we educate. The best strategies, they contend, enable networked learning that allows research, creativity, communication, and collaboration to help prepare students to be functional citizens within a modern society. Their model includes discussions of the following key concepts:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eTechnology must be ubiquitous, necessary, and invisible\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eClassrooms must be learner-centric and use backwards design principles\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGood technology can be better than new technology\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTeachers must serve as mentors and bring real-world experiences to students\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eEach section of \u003ci\u003eBuilding School 2.0\u003c\/i\u003e presents a thesis designed to help educators and administrators to examine specific practices in their schools, and to then take their conclusions from theory to practice. Collectively, the theses represent a new vision of school, built off of the best of what has come before us, but with an eye toward a future we cannot fully imagine.\u003c\/p\u003e About the Authors viii \u003cp\u003eAbout Science Leadership Academy xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 School Should Mirror the World asWe Believe It Could Be 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 We Must End Educational Colonialism 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Citizenship Is More Important Than the Workforce 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Build Modern Schools 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Be One School 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Vision Must Live in Practice 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 We Must Blend Theory and Practice 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Everything Matters 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 “What’s Good?” Is Better Than “What’s New?” 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Reflection Means Better, Not More 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Consider the Worst Consequence of Your Best Idea 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Disrupt Disruption 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Humility Matters 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Build Consensus 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Teach Kids Before Subjects 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 WhatWe Should Ask of Teachers 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Schools Are Where We Come Together 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 WhatWe Want for Students, We Must Want for Teachers 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Embrace Your Best Teacher-Self 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 We Must Be Our Whole Selves 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Technology Should Transform School, Not Supplant It 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Build Your Own Faculty Lounge 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Don’t Admire the Problem 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Not “Yeah, but—”; Instead, “Yes, and . . .” 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Ignore the Seat Back 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Find Meaning Every Day 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Take What You Do Seriously, but Don’t Take Yourself Seriously 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Don’t Fall for Authoritarian Language 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Don’t Be Authoritarian—Have Authority 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Be Silly 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Be in the Room 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Don’t Get Ego-Invested 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Plant Perennials 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Cocreate Community 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 Say More, Talk Less 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 Be Deliberately Anti-Racist 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 Practice Inclusive Language 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38 Honor Multiple Needs 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39 Listen to Understand 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e40 Learning Must Be Nonnegotiable 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e41 Ask Why the Kids Are in the Room 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e42 Why DoWe Need to Know This? 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e43 Deconstruct Passion 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e44 Inquiring Minds Really DoWant to Know 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e45 Ask What They Are Curious About 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e46 Understand What Project-Based Learning Really Means 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e47 We Need to Change theWay We Teach Math 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e48 Instill a Love of Learning 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e49 Stop Deficit-Model Thinking 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e50 Start Surplus-Model Thinking 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e51 Assign Meaningful Projects 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e52 School Must Be Real Life 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e53 Engage the Entrepreneurial Spirit 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e54 Classes Should Be Lenses, Not Silos 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e55 Create Complexity, Not Complications 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e56 Find Something Interesting and Ask Questions 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e57 Story Matters 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e58 Success Is the Best Weapon 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e59 Preschool Is a Great Model 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e60 Every Kid Needs a Mentor 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e61 Inquiry Is Care 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e62 Schools Are Full of People 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e63 Care For and About 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e64 Assume Positive Intent 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e65 Have an Excess of Good Will 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e66 No Child Should Be On Silent 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e67 Audience Must Be Curated 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e68 Make Better Use of the Built-In Audience 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e69 Parent Conferences Should Be Student Conferences 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e70 Communication Is Key 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e71 There Are No Sick or Snow Days 204\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e72 Get Rid of the Pencil Lab 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e73 Technology Must Be Ubiquitous 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e74 Technology Must Be Necessary 212\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e75 Technology Must Be Invisible 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e76 Class Blogs Should Be Open Spaces 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e77 Make Personalization Authentic 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e78 Ask Better Questions 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e79 Cocurate Your School 226\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e80 Organize 228\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e81 Teach Thoughtfulness 230\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e82 TeachWisdom 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e83 Teach Passion 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e84 Teach Kindness 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e85 Make Advisory Work 242\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e86 Teachers Should Be Readers and Learners 245\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e87 Change at School Zone Pace 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e88 Create Space for Collaboration 250\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e89 Work Together to Make Us All Better 252\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e90 Get Together 256\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e91 We Must Practice a New Kind of Research 259\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e92 Experts Are Necessary 262\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e93 Success Must Be Defined by All 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e94 We Don’t Need Martyrs 268\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e95 Teachers Are Lucky 272\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 275\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorks Cited 281\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 283\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHRIS LEHMANN\u003c\/b\u003e is the founding principal of the Science Leadership Academy, a progressive science and technology high school in Philadelphia, PA. Chris was named Outstanding Leader of the Year by the International Society of Technology in Education in 2013 and in 2014 was awarded the prestigious “Rising Star” McGraw Prize in Education. Chris is also the author of the education blog Practical Theory:\u003cb\u003ewww.practicaltheory.org.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eZAC CHASE\u003c\/b\u003e is a former teacher, an instructional technology coordinator, a consultant, and a writer who blogs at \u003cb\u003ewww.autodizactic.com.\u003c\/b\u003e An original Freedom Writer Teacher, he has contributed to ­several books including the bestselling \u003ci\u003eTeaching Hope: Stories from the Freedom Writer Teachers\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFreedom Writers  Diary Teacher’s Guide.\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll too often technology has become the focal point when discussing the school of the future. Rather than simply offering an examination of how using technology for classroom instruction changes education, \u003ci\u003eBuilding School 2.0: How to Create the Schools We Need\u003c\/i\u003e offers a larger discussion of how education, learning, and our physical school spaces can—and should—change in order to give students the education they deserve.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBuilding School 2.0\u003c\/i\u003e is based on the work done at Science Leadership Academy (SLA) and its founding principal Chris Lehmann and former SLA teacher Zac Chase. ­Lehmann and Chase reveal the challenges of changing how we educate our children and the ­techniques and approaches they employed to create a school that is technology-rich, collaborative, and learner-centric. As the authors explain, the best educational strategies enable networked learning that allows research, creativity, communication, and collaboration to help prepare students to be functional citizens within a modern society. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe model outlined in \u003ci\u003eBuilding School 2.0\u003c\/i\u003e presents ninety-five  theses that are ­designed to help educators and administrators—in all schools both private and public—­examine specific practices in their own schools. These ninety-five theses are written with the intention to open conversations and elicit questions for educators and administrators to explore with colleagues. Lehmann and Chase challenge educators, administrators, and parents to construct more modern and humane spaces for our most cherished resource: our students.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988866908389,"sku":"NP9781118076828","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781118076828.jpg?v=1761781838","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/building-school-2-0-isbn-9781118076828","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}