What should a school look like?

Here is a paragraph from an article by Frank Kelly asking some provocative questions.

What do our school buildings say about what we think is really important? What do schools being built in 2008 around Frederick W. Taylor’s and William Wirt’s ideas from 1908 say to kids about their futures? What do schools that mimic the architecture of other centuries say to the children within them working on digital devices? Are our school buildings saying what we want to convey to teachers and students?

Click here for the whole article: "Instruction Drives Construction ... Or Should"

Thank you Dan Beeren's for sending this article. He also has a great blog.

How much "richness" do our cirriculum's offer? For that matter - how much richness do our corporate training programs provide? If I have to sit through another 8 hour training session with a work book, fill in some blanks and a boring PowerPoint that provides the same text as my workbook I will get up and walk out. Make me work - don't just try to fill my brain and time - please!