#EdJourney: A Roadmap to the Future of Education - Softcover

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GRANT LICHTMAN is a senior fellow with The Martin Institute for Teaching Excellence, a consultant to the National Business Officers Association, and works with K 12 schools around the country on aspects of innovation and strategic planning. He blogs at The Learning Pond, and has written for ISTE Learning and Leading, Independent School Magazine, and other publications.

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PRAISE FOR #EdJourney

"A book of hope. Grant Lichtman's grand education journey shows the innovative spirit is still alive in American schools, private and public, urban and rural, large and small, despite the destructive reforms of standardization and high-stakes testing. A must-read for all who seek directions, strategies, and action plans to have a better education."
—Yong Zhao, presidential chair, University of Oregon, author of Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Dragon: Why China has the Best (and Worst) Education in the World

"#EdJourney: A Roadmap to the Future of Education is, just as the title implies, a kind of educational picaresque, where Grant Lichtman, tilting at the windmills of conventional thinking and resistant schools, strikes hard and true along his journey across America to discover schools where teachers are the farmers in an ecosystem where students thrive and grow. Recommended reading for all educators and citizens who think America's schools must meet the needs of kids and the 21st century, learning that when we do the former, we'll achieve the latter."
—Pat Bassett, past president of the National Association of Independent Schools

While on his solo road trip across the United States, Grant Lichtman, one of the country's leading experts in educational innovation, discovered that there is much to be positive about in today's K–12 schools. During Lichtman's travels, he interviewed more than 600 teachers, administrators, students, and parents to find out what kind of innovations they're doing right—and to discover how others can follow their example.

To help create an environment that will encourage innovation, #EdJourney: A Roadmap to the Future of Education puts the focus on four key questions: What new learning strategies are the top schools implementing to prepare our students for their future rather than for our past? How do teachers and administrators manage the transition to new types of teaching and learning? What are the key obstacles to shifting away from the assembly line model of education? And, most importantly, how can we all leverage the lessons of success from the most innovative schools?

Filled with compelling examples and based on the findings from the latest education research, #EdJourney maps out how administrators and teachers can embrace the innovation process that schools and learners need right now.