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#10 FIRE: Adult Training and Life Long Learning Real School Examples

Future is already here, it’s just not evenly distributed/FIRE: Real School models are being deployed in the corporate training and life…

Sep 30, 2022

#10 FIRE: Adult Training and Life Long Learning Real School Examples

Sep 30, 2022

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#9 FIRE: Higher Ed & Early Career Real School Examples

The future is already here, it’s just not evenly distributed/FIRE: Real School models are beginning to populate the higher education and…

Aug 26, 2022

#9 FIRE: Higher Ed & Early Career Real School Examples

Aug 26, 2022

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#8 The Future Is already here; it’s just not evenly distributed/FIRE- K12 Real School Examples

One of my favorite quotes that captures the essence of the new Real School model for the education system we need is: “Education is not the…

Jun 30, 2022

#8 The Future Is already here; it’s just not evenly distributed/FIRE- K12 Real School Examples

Jun 30, 2022

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#7 The Solution- Transformative instead of Incremental Innovation

Although I am an Abolitionist and believe that we need to hit restart on inventing the future of education, it does not mean I do not…

May 17, 2022

#7 The Solution- Transformative instead of Incremental Innovation

May 17, 2022

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#6 Three Deeper Problems- A Human Resource, Meaning & Meritocracy Crisis

The previous blog posts have attempted to give you a glimpse into a potential new and broader conception of how I think about “Education”…

Apr 11, 2022

#6 Three Deeper Problems- A Human Resource, Meaning & Meritocracy Crisis

Apr 11, 2022

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#5 Parallel Worlds: From Schooling to Human Flourishing

After the last two posts, I hope it is more clear what the difference is between a Real School and valient attempts in the past at school…

Feb 28, 2022

#5 Parallel Worlds: From Schooling to Human Flourishing

Feb 28, 2022

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#4 It’s the Experience, Stupid- Part 2: Authentic Performance Standards, Scaffolded Attention in…

In Part 1, we discussed the need for “Experiences+” with their personal caring and action to engender powerful long lasting learning…

Jan 23, 2022

#4 It’s the Experience, Stupid- Part 2: Authentic Performance Standards, Scaffolded Attention in…

Jan 23, 2022

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#3 It’s the Experience, Stupid- Part 1: Caring and Doing

Real Schools, (as described in the previous post #2), offer rich authentic experiences. Traditional Schools, or what I call Old Schools…

Dec 9, 2021

#3 It’s the Experience, Stupid- Part 1: Caring and Doing

Dec 9, 2021

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#2: A Personal Learning Story- McKinsey Biz Analyst program

I grew up in Erie, Pennsylvania in what at the time was referred to as the Rust Belt. I did not know anyone who was a tech entrepreneur…

Oct 27, 2021

#2: A Personal Learning Story- McKinsey Biz Analyst program

Oct 27, 2021

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#1 The Future of Education

How Breakthroughs in the the Cognitive Sciences, Technology, Market Globalization Will Usher In A New Kind of Education

Sep 29, 2021

#1 The Future of Education

Sep 29, 2021

don burton

don burton

VC Investor @LearnStart. Techstars. Angel. Intrapreneur @Disney, Kaplan. Entrepreneur/Founder @4X edtech startups w/ Exits. Advisor @Mckinsey&Co, Goldman Sachs

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