What if You Say You Want a Revolution?

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What If You Say You Want a Revolution?

Know how you (or someone you know) is about to run out of breath talking about how our education system is broken because it’s an out-dated model based on the Industrial Revolution?

Well you know, the revolution you’ve said you wanted? Welcome to it.
Wanna change the world? Let’s do it.
Say you got a real solution? Let’s share it.
It’s up to us to create it? Let’s create it.
It’ll take a contribution? Let’s make it.


In a discussion on the role of curiosity in learning with educators from around the world, with the Ministry of Education from Tucumán, Argentina, the Minister of Education, Juan Pablo Lichtmajer asked the question: “What if the school of the Industrial Revolution is over and the school of the technological revolution is being created?” 

Since Princeton Hive educators were participating in that discussion, the Minister’s question inspired a few “what ifs…?” based on the design and direction of the Princeton Hive to make its contribution to the creation of this learning revolution:

What if, just as education is more than industry, it’s also more than technology?

What if, we don’t base our entire education system on any single thing? What if, just because there has been a technological revolution, doesn’t mean we need to align all of our systems of learning to it? What if, no matter how learners access their learning, they should be able to learn and function in a human world, as naturally as a tech-enabled one?

What if, through global learning and collaboration on the Princeton Hive, can we learn from our mistakes of basing entire school systems on the Industrial Revolution model? 

What if, who learners are is the focus of their learning rather than what they will be doing?

What if everything a student learns is relevant to who they are as a person, communicator, and collaborator, and life-long learner?

What if empathy for others and curiosity about the world are cornerstones of all learning experiences?

What if the Princeton Hive represents more than an evolution of EdTech, it’s a revolution?

































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