Student Calls for a Learning Revolution | Edutopia
Student Calls for a Learning Revolution | Edutopia : Nikhil Goyal ( @TalkPolitical on Twitter) is a student at Syosset High School in NY. He's the author of the All Hands on Deck: Why America Needs a Learning Revolution (September 2012), columnist for the Huffington Post , guest blogger for New York Times: Dot Earth , and a conference speaker. Visit his website . Last year, industrial designer Dean Benstead unveiled the 02 Pursuit -- a prototype for a motorcycle ruled not by gas or electricity, but by compressed air. Just last month, Google announced to the public its secret initiative, Project Glass , the company's first venture into wearable computing. And yet, in the world of education, the "next big thing" is merit pay for teachers and boosting test scores. Do our policymakers not understand that the world is going through a revolution in the way we live, interact and learn? Our education system is stuck in paralysis. We have tried doing ...
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