Is Milk More Innovative than Traditional Schools?
by Bruce Friend I recently attended the Foundation for Excellence in Education’s second annual national summit on education in Washington, DC. Started by Florida Governor Jeb Bush, the Foundation works to improve schools by helping them achieve higher standards and using data systems to drive district- and school-level decision making. To open the summit, Governor Bush compared today’s schools to milk. Yes, I wrote “milk.” At first, I thought that perhaps he was going to describe how schools, like milk, have changed little over the years and how the two could be described as somewhat bland. I was wrong. Instead, he described how milk, not schools, has changed to meet the needs of diverse consumers: “Go down the aisle of nearly any major supermarket these days, and you will find an incredible selection of milk. You can get whole milk, low fat milk or skim milk. You can get organic milk, milk with Vitamin D, or milk enzymes to improve the way your brain functions. You can get flavored mi
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