Creating a Culture of Educational Innovation Briefing to Virginia School Boards Association Leadersh

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Creating a Culture of Educational Innovation
Briefing to Virginia School Boards Association
Leadership Conference
The Honorable Aneesh P. Chopra Secretary of
Technology October, 2008
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Agenda for Discussion
I. The Innovation Imperative
II. Three Levers for Educational Reform
III. Coda Spirit of Commonwealth
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A Strong Performance Culture Launches Ideas
Community
All Hands on Deck
Commonwealth Ideas Portal Launched September
2008

• Best State for Business (2006-8)
• Tied for Top Performing State (2005, 2008)
• 1st in Best of the Web (2008)

Source ideas.virginia.gov
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A Portfolio Management Approach to Meet Budget
Challenge
The Task at Hand
Our Purpose Elevate Performance
Program Prioritization
Program Re-Engineering
Program Financial Alternatives
Have we Explored NGF Sources? (yes/no)
Is it Run Efficiently? (cost / customer)
Does it Address a High Priority Outcome? (
eligible served)
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Educational Attainment, Test Scores Affect Our
Ability to Compete
Too Many Virginians Left Behind
Educational Attainment Virginia
Test Scores and Economic Growth OECD Countries
Nations Governors failed to achieve 1989 goal to
achieve top ranking in science and math by 2000
had the promise been fulfilled , our results
suggest that GDP would by 2015 be 4.5
greaterProfessor Eric Hanushek, et al.
In 2006, based on Virginias community college
entrance scores, developmental education was
recommended for 76.8 of recent high school
graduates in mathematics
Source Council on Virginias Future College
Readiness Report, August 2007, Virginia
Community College System Education and Economic
Growth, Education Next, Hanushek, Jamison,
Woessman, Spring 2008
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Council on Virginias Future Indicators Reveal
Opportunities
Virginia Performs
Source Virginia Performs Website
(www.vaperforms.virginia.gov)
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Regional Drill-Down Focuses Attention on Areas
of Greatest Need
Virginia Performs
Source Virginia Performs Website
(www.vaperforms.virginia.gov)
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Strategic Imperative Filling Tomorrows High
End Workforce
Dual Strategy to Improve Our Finest, Extend
Opportunity to All
Redesigning K-12 Curriculum Virginia received a
500K grant from the NGA to establish a network
of STEM centers built around Career and Technical
Education partnered with NASA to strengthen
chemistry, physics SOL and introduce approach to
K-12 engineering Virginia is a member of the
American Diploma Project
Promoting AP Results Virginia is one of 14
finalists for the 125M ExxonMobil funded grants
to drive up the utilization of AP exams and the
financially-reward students for scoring a 3 or
greater requires 2.4M in private matching funds
contributed over 5 years
Providing Leaders, Hands-on Competition Virginia
is home to one of the largest FIRST Robotics
regional competitions that draw 1500 students
annually possible expansion to include
additional sites across the Commonwealth to scale
up participation
From Competence to Excellence
Our education goal should be to promote true
excellence by moving beyond our focus on
competence, as measured by scores on standardized
tests of minimum expectation. Governor Tim Kaine
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A Comprehensive Approach to Educational Innovation
Framework for Educational Reform
Online Collaboration
Program Re-Direction
What you teach
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How you develop what to teach
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Traditional Lessons

• Curriculum Development - Wiki

• Counting

• Idea Sharing Across Regions

• History

• Reading

Buildinga 21st Century Curriculum

• STEM Community Networking

New Skills to Incorporate

• Contemporary Technologies

• Needs Assessments

• Problem-Solving

• Invention

Incorporating Emerging Technologies

• Web-based Games
• Instant messaging
• Social networking sites

The method by which you teach
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New Approach to Physics Curriculum Rests on
Portfolio Management
Program Re-Direction
Geometrical Optics
Fluids
Planetary Motion Simple Harmonic Motion
PhysicalOptics
Motion Forces
Waves
Elastic Inelastic Collisions
Demonstrations,Laboratory Skills,
Understandings
Contemporary Topics inResearch
ModernPhysics (Quantum Revolution)
Conservationof Energy Momentum

• Lasers
• Medical/ Bio physics
• Semiconductors
• Superconductors
• Nanotechnology
• Quantum Computing
• Particle Physics
• Relativity
• Astrophysics
• Chaos
• Condensed Matter

ThermalPhysics (Heat)
Electricity Magnetism
Motors, Generators, Transformers
Fields
Source Jim Batterson, NASA
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Empowering Our Brightest Teachers to Publish
(Free) Content
Leading the Way
Open Source Physics Flexbook
Secretaries Chopra, Morris and the Dept of
Education are pleased to announce our Founding
Members of the 21st Century Physics Collaborative
to create and compile supplemental materials in
an opensource format that can be used to
strengthen existing physics content. They are
Mike Fetsko, Henrico Co Public Schools David
Slykhuis, Mark Mattson, Tom ONeil, JMU/
Shenandoah Governors School Bruce Davidson,
retired Newport News Public Schools Angela
Cutshaw, Newport News Public Schools Mark
Clemente, VA Beach Public Schools/National
Institute of Aerospace Andy Jackson,
Harrisonburg Public Schools David Stern, retired
NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center John Ochab, J
Sargeant Reynolds Community College and Pranav
Gokhale, student Montgomery County, MD. The
Commonwealth is partnering with CK12
(www.ck12.org) on this initiative as they will
provide the free, opensource technology
platform goal to publish 02/09
Source virginia.ck12.org
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THEORY
S K I L L C O M P O N E N T S
HANDS-ON
Nothing But Questions
Theoretical Physics
Experimental Physics
Addressing the Curriculum Gap
Discover describe existing world
Discover languagesto quantitatively describe
existing world
Design buildnew systems
Fabricate operate new systems
Build or repair existing systems/components
Traditional
Welding HVAC Electricity Plumbing Electronics Man
ufacturing (Surgeon 19th C.) A Comp
Repair Comp Network Admin CISCO Network ORACLE
Internet CAD Model Simulation
Wind Tunnel Aircraft Maintenance Airframe/Powerpla
nt Particle Detectors Integrated Circuits
Physicist Chemist Biologist Research
MD Astronomer Geologist
Algebraist Geometer Topologist Statistician
Aerospace Automotive Chemical Electronics Computer
Civil Model Simulation Research Surgeon
21st Century
Focus on modernizing curriculum (more lab work,
emerging technologies)
Focus on new curriculum (more applied/case
method, career path)
4-yr College ()
2-yr college/OJT
4-yr College ()
4-yr College ()
HS with National Certifications
Traditional Academic
CTE
Current K-12 Gap
Sometimes Instrument Maker
Source Jim Batterson, NASA
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Modeling Technologies Alter the Approach to Teach
Calculations
Incorporating Emerging Technologies
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Online Collaboration
HigherEd 2.0 a National Model to Evaluate Web 2.0
in the Classroom
Asynchronous Learning Interactions free from
time constraints
Education Have it Your Way Current students
are digital natives that expect new forms of
content delivery
Source UVA Professor Ed Berger
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Coda Spirit of Commonwealth
A Culture of Educational Innovation Through
Productivity Fund
Proof of Concept Efficient Educational
Operations Uncovering Hidden
Talent Spirit of Commonwealth
Description Google Classroom proposes to save
IT costs and introduce newer web 2.0 services
using open source tools eVA solicits supply
chain innovators to include One Stops capable
of serving K-12 needs in a more thoughtful,
efficient manner QRIS 2.0 advances the
quality agenda by partnering with AOL to
facilitate parent ratings and reviews of pre-K
programs PlugGED In offers innovative 6-month
course to connect adult education students
(18-25) to technology jobs through collaboration
between DoE, VCCS, VCU, UVA-Wise and private
sector Learning without Boundaries explores
emerging hand-held devices as resources to
improve student learning and collaboration
skills Dept of Education seeking innovation
applications to address high priority learning
areas including Geometry
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Entrepreneurs Ready to Dramatically Lower Costs
for Public Services
Water Filters
Hearing Aids
Low-cost method to remove arsenic from water 10
million people suffer without treatment GMU
Professor Abul Hussam wins 1M Grainger Prize
Low-cost product to alleviate hearing impairment
240million people suffer without treatment
David Green selected as an Ashoka Fellow
Cost Per Device
Cost Per Device
800
5,000
60-210
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SONO Filter
Market Filters
Impact 1
Market Aids
Prototype developed within three years of
original concept
Device requires no energy supply