Excited, Not
Excited about potential of RttT and i3;
Found SOTU weak on education and worried about an attempted quick reauthorization of ESEA.
Impressed by the talent at Department of Education;
Discouraged by two DC meetings this week regarding federal barriers to private sector investment and involvement in education.
Excited about USED support for charters;
Discouraged by state level bureaucracy and politics around charter approvals—one step forward, two steps back.
Excited about potential for global benefit of improvement in Indian education during this decade;
Worried that folks here in the US have no idea that there are a half a billion kids in India and China working very hard with strong family/community support for education.
Excited about daughter Katherine working with schools in Hyderabad;
Feeling a little let down by iPad—a small step forward but not the magic bullet for schools (especially low cost schools).
Excited about Patty Griffin’s new album, here’s a sample;
Not excited about leaving second iPod on an airplane.
Posted: January 28th, 2010 | Author: Tom Vander Ark | Filed under: Ed Reform, Politics | 2 Comments »
Americans are amazingly unaware of the commitment of everyday Indians and Chinese to their children’s education. It’s scary but it’s also heartening when I visit my Sulaxmi School for Girls. I feel energized by their motivation and toughness.
I second your excitement about India. My LinkedIn Group is over 50% India-based investors and entrepreneurs who understand their own India, but are also frustrated by barriers to entry from those foreign players who know and understand the potential for global education growth.
There has to be an app that can work as a GPS tracker on your future iPods. It’d be great if you could buy the app in the store and beam it to your iPod remotely, find it and then send a message on the screen to return it to you, via post, or through Apple.