Great one-hour video/podcast by Ken Robinson, public education expert.
I liked this part (about 43 minutes in) when he relates a conversation he once had with a musician:
Ken: "I'd love to do what you do."
Musician: "No you wouldn't."
Ken: "What do you mean? Of course I would."
Musician: "I practice six hours a day and play five times a week. I've been doing this since I was a small boy. I do it because I love it. You like the idea of doing it.
If you loved it, you'd be doing it."
Many more great ideas in there about why today's entire education system is misguided and needs to be transformed, not simply reformed. It's a video, but no slides or anything, so go ahead and listen to it on your commute like I did.
Note: you have to buy a $5/month subscription to Fora.TV to download from the site, but you can get the MP4 file for free if you subscribe on iTunes.
