School of the Future

Although the film addresses a lot of educational issues from the K-12 perspective, it's a good watch for anyone invested in education today. These children are the ones we will be teaching in a few years (and our current students were these children a few years ago). Will we be ready for them?

From PBS' Nova series page:

In a new age of information, rapid innovation, and globalization, how can we prepare our children to compete? Once the envy of the world, American schools are now in trouble. Test scores show our kids lag far behind their peers from other industrialized countries, and as the divide between rich and poor grows wider, the goal of getting all kids ready for college and the workforce gets harder by the day. How can the latest research help us fix education in America? Can the science of learning—including new insights from neuroscientists, psychologists, and educators—reveal how kids’ brains work and tell us which techniques are most likely to engage and inspire growing minds? What role should technology play in the classroom? Teachers, students, parents, and scientists take center stage as NOVA explores a new vision for the “School of the Future.”

"We're not trying to reduce educator time, we're trying to improve the value of their time." 

The full documentary is available on PBS' Nova Series.