Tony Wagner at The Asia Society

This is a longer keynote address that Tony Wagner gave to educators this summer at The Asia Society in New York. I like how he formulates the situation in which we as teachers, administrators, and citizens find ourselves: between a rock and a hard place. This is an especially good presentation to help grasp the essential imperative which is a different sort of education that creates different needed outcomes.

Do you believe his case statement and argument?
If not, why not?
If so, what are you prepared to do about it?
How can others support you?
If it were your child caught in this gap, what would you want for him or her?
How would you want school to be different for him or her?