A New Why

As we continue to explore education reimagined, we recognize the importance of purpose – the 'why'. We have long understood that there was a reason, the external 'why', that of preparing students for a dynamic new creative economy.

But we sense that there is the potential for defining a new internal 'why' that clarifies the purpose of the education system. Defining that purpose helps us focus and measure what matters.

Right now the system focuses on test scores that measure acquired knowledge – knowledge that was transferred, for the most part, in a structured, linear process.

What if the primary purpose was not the acquisition of a defined set of knowledge but the maximization of Learning Potential?

Such a purpose would challenge us to measure success in new ways. Where we might measure capacity along with domain and rate? In a sense, existing testing measure learning domains. We are now walking into new experiments to measure learning capacity.