My Personal "Why" (initial attempt)

I do this to be inspired by and inspire others to transform education through communication, care, and the belief that every student deserves to dream big and the opportunities to explore those dreams.

I believe that there is a better way of educating the people of this world. I think I chose this Masters program because of this belief. Up until this point I couldn’t quite put my finger on why I didn’t want to do my masters in administration through a traditional state university, I grew up 5 minutes away from one the top ranked ones in the US, Michigan State University. What I realize now is that I knew that, however acclaimed the school was, they were going to teach me how to run a school, efficiently yes, productively yes, but in an innovative, no. I would become knowledgeable about the factory, industrial model of education that we have been utilizing for 100+ years.

I believe it is important to look forward to where we want education to go, how learners will best be accommodated to learn and then plan and commit to making it happen. Not to focus on the “problems” that teachers, parents, administrators, and above all, students have with the education system. Trying to fix those individual concerns.

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