Social discussion of CS in K-12

[Charles Schultz <sacrophyte AT gmail.com>]

Good afternoon, Shifters!

I am having a conversation with a friend about the location of the high school that is dominating local education news, and we are both saddened that more important issues are not in that conversation (Kerris, sound familiar?).

What will education look like in 50 years? Heck, what about 100 years? While the draft versions of the new high school have "modern" elements that include open work/collaboration areas, does the overall design take into account how the very fabric of education is changing? Will it support EdChats and EdCamps? Distance learning? The funny thing (to me) is that you can do EdCamps and distance learning in any building, new or old. Right?

True, nobody can accurately predict the future ("cloudy the future is, always changing"). But the current trends can at least give us an idea of where it is headed. So what do the current trends say? Is a $94 million high school a wise investment of our future?

PS - there are no wrong answers, I am truly inquiring. :)

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Charles Schultz