“Getting results through people is a skill that cannot be learned in the classroom”
Jean Paul Getty
“We must prepare young people for a brain-centered economy whose one constant is rapid change. The predominant classroom model a single teacher lecturing to 20, 30, or even more students reflects the production-line model of the Industrial Age, not the technological demands of our Information Age.”
Janet Napolitano
“Some people want as much access to free speech as possible; others don't want religion endorsed in the classroom. Who's caught in the middle? The school district.”
Richard Ackerman
“It's a huge change in dynamic from what I visualize as a typical classroom. You get to hear real people talk about their experiences in the workplace.”
Jeff Willoughby
“It's one thing to sit in a classroom and talk about stuff. Once you get people out and looking at it, they start talking about it.”
Joe Gallagher
“If you put two or three strong-willed people in the classroom and work on an interesting subject, the faculty will have disagreements and the students will jump in and have disagreements. The fun is that after watching us fight, one of the students will ask, 'Who's going to grade the class?' Since the fourth grade they've learned to please the teacher. Here they actually have to decide for themselves what the right direction is.”
David Kelley
“It's a significant (increase) each semester. There are people who just enjoy that classroom atmosphere. ... (But) I think you'll continue to see online classrooms grow.”
Crystal Riley