Table of Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction 1
Entrepreneurship and Personalizable Education 2
"Yes, but…" 3
"Yes, and…" 4
Plan of the Book 6
1 Radical Changes Led by Students 9
A Great School Invented by a Group of Unhappy Students 9
The Independent Project in Practice 10
Children Are Capable 16
Students Desire Autonomy: Deschooling Education 19
Get Out of the Way 22
2 Radical Changes in the Classroom 25
Teaching Without a Rudder 25
The Teacher Who Used to Hate School 29
The Teacher Who Accidentally Created a Miracle 31
A 19-Hour Drive Starts a Global Enterprising Educator 34
Challenge the Status Quo 36
3 Radical Changes in Broken Schools 39
A Crisis Is a Terrible Thing to Waste 39
Challenging the Grammar of Schooling 42
Learning Entrepreneurship Skills with a Safety Net 49
Out with the Old, in with the New: Taking on the Challenges 53
4 Radical Changes in Successful Schools 57
New Measures of Success 58
Why Good Schools Change 60
How Good Schools Change 62
A Challenge for All Good Schools 77
5 Radical Changes Within Networks of Schools 79
Banding Together to Leverage Change 79
The Annesley Remaking 80
The Rudolph Group: Networked to innovate 82
The Prisoner's Dilemma and Possible Solutions 89
Challenging the Education Norm of Isolated Institutions 92
6 Radical Changes from Outside 95
Support for Students and Teachers from Real-World Scholars 95
Bringing Entrepreneurship to the Classroom 98
The Magic Is Not in the Money 101
What Works 103
Collaboration Is Key 105
Student-Centered, Student-Run 107
What Happens When Teachers Say, "Yes, and" 110
7 "Yes, and…" 113
Characteristics of Changes and Change Makers Needed in Education 113
The Changes 113
Change Can Happen Anywhere 121
Characteristics That Spark Ignition 122
Creating a Culture of "Yes, and" 126
References 131
Index 139
About the Authors 151
