Didactics and Technology in Education

The educational needs of K-12 students have changed dramatically over the last century, yet the structure, environment, and pedagogy of today’s classrooms often continue to reflect that which existed in schoolhouses across America in the early 20th century. A tendency toward passive whole-class lectures, a culture of distrust around standardized assessment, and the challenge of operational efficiency at the district-level have moved us away from the ideal expressed by Einstein above, that teachers and school should not merely guide students through successive levels of learning, but strive to develop each into lifelong learners.