Fostering Innovation in Education

Jon of Appfrica asks:

Why do some schools turn out successful students while others seem to languish? What’s the ‘key’ tactic to engaging young people? Why are is there such a disparity between facilities in different parts of the world and this country?
Last week on Huffington Post, Tom Vander Ark wrote and article that struck a chord with me because of the work I’m doing at Appfrica Labs. I had no desire to run a school, but I value education a great deal as posts like “10,000 African Hours” should indicate. Tom suggest that there are four main traits he can identify in successful innovators...[continue reading]