It makes better sense to discuss this question with parents. The discussion that follows could be directly shared with parents, without any need to edit. To be frank, this is a wrong question for a parent to be worried about; school is the primary institution for academic excellence and family has a secondary role (e.g. […]
There are over 4,000 colleges and universities in the United States, but Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen says that half are bound for bankruptcy in the next few decades. Christensen is known for coining the theory of disruptive innovation in his 1997 book, “The Innovator’s Dilemma.” Since then, he has applied his theory of […]
Tighten your belt! The discussion on this question may just be too harsh a reality for you. You would have already read several times in this book that schools have not really changed in the past 200 years. You may also have read the section ‘Organic linkages with society’ and recall that schools were architected […]
Perhaps the greatest of illusions about schools is that the institution was launched by a group of kindly men and women who wanted to help the children of ordinary families, to level the playing field for all. Unfortunately, the origin and genesis of the school education system is not all that altruistic, even if we […]
Is your child an academic struggler? Is your child gripped with poor self-esteem? Is your child under undue influence of peers? Are the relationships at home strained? For the most part, all of these are the consequences of poor school education. School is the second home for children and unless the first home is very […]
Schools need a strong vision as much as all other institutions – social, economic or governance! Indeed, the lack of a strong vision for schools is a big part of the current crisis in education. To understand the big difference a vision statement will make to a school, let us see an example of a […]
When it comes to the forefront of the global human resources landscape, Diane Gherson is someone you want to know. As Chief Human Resource Officer at IBM, Diane has helped to revolutionize IBM over the past 13 years. Under her leadership, she has transformed global workforce outcomes through talent analytics and data, with special emphasis […]
It makes better sense to discuss this question directly with parents. The discussion that follows could be directly shared with parents, without any need to edit. Would you ever board a flight that promises 99% air safety standards? Would you get operated for knee replacement if the declared success rate of the surgeon is 90%? […]
We wish to approach the discussion on this question by briefly revisiting the need for a new definition. One of the obvious reasons for a re-look at schools is the stress in the school education system; schools as institution are under tremendous stress. Unprecedented stress has crept into the role of every stakeholder in school […]
Most certainly. But we do not have to create good human beings, all of us are born good human beings, in fact we are all born with “all the qualities of head and heart”. Schools may not try to do better than God’s creation – children! Here is a sample of human values children most […]
