Episode 72: Educating for Our Students’ Futures with Ben Farrell

Ben starts off by telling us about a committee that he has going to help unpack “emerging technology,” and things are literally changing overnight.

For us to lead in a tech-driven environment, Ben says that we have to be willing to say “I don’t know what that means, yet.”

He tells us about the human-centered design process that they use at his schools--building something for empathy for the end-user of whatever we’re building.

Joe asks Ben to talk about anything traditional that they’re abandoning in the curriculum to be able to spend the time they do on future-driven learning.

Don’t miss what he says about grading. They figured out how to create a competency-based system that spits out a letter grade at the end.

Ben talks about the influences of his background: Beijing, Montessori, Thacher, Bowdoin, and more. All of ...