Description
It's time for a whole new way of doing school
People are born systems-thinkers. Education has the power to encourage our innate connection with the complex world, yet instead our schools focus on creating a workforce educated just enough to feed the capitalist pipeline. Reminiscent of and building further on John Taylor Gatto's education critiques, The End of Education as We Know It is for people who want to create schools that teach how to live in harmony with each other, with Earth, and with all the Earth holds.
Readers will understand when and how to engage in disruptive actions, manage system tensions, support child and adult learning, and use these skills to design whole new approaches to school- ing. Far more than a call to education-reform-as-usual, Ida Rose Florez's inspiring critique:
- Provides tools to explore patterns in education, and influence new patterns that lead to change
- Gives readers specific skills for working in complex systems, whether with a group of children, a contentious school board, or state or provincial governments
- Helps readers reimagine schools as places where communities learn together in a whole new way.
This clarion call to action rings a bell for teachers, parents, grandparents, educators, and policy- makers to challenge the outdated paradigm of coercion and exploitation that shapes our current schools. It's time to build a new educational model based on a resilient and regenerative future.
Product Details
| Publisher | New Society Publishers |
| Publish Date | January 28, 2025 |
| Pages | 240 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  Paperback / softback |
| EAN/UPC | 9781774060094 |
| Dimensions | 8.9 X 6.0 X 0.7 inches | 0.8 pounds |
About the Author
Ida Rose Florez, Ph.D. is a learning scientist, systems-change expert, and educational psychologist whose focus is revitalizing regenerative practices in schools. She writes for popular, trade, and academic publications, and engages audiences through workshops and keynote speeches across the U.S. and internationally. She lives in Williams, Arizona.
Reviews
This is a radical book. The current educational system is a part of the problem; we need a new education which could be a part of the solution. Ida Rose Florez is a visionary writer, explaining how the present educational system has become outdated and dangerous, and then outlining a new direction for education which is fit for the future. All parents and teachers should read it!
--Satish Kumar, founder and president emeritus, Schumacher College and author, Elegant Simplicity
Ida Rose Florez challenges those of us living under the spell of modernity to free ourselves and our children from the lethal limitations of complicated, reductionist, machine-based thinking--so prevalent in both schools and society. She offers insight and inspiration for a Great Turning towards an emergent, regenerative, systems-based way of thinking that honors the complexity and non-linearity of learning--and of life itself.
--Molly Brown, eco-philosopher; author, Growing Whole: Self-Realization for the Great Turning; co-author, Coming Back to Life: The Updated Guide to the Work That Reconnects
The End of Education as We Know It is both fierce and practical--a toolkit for creating regenerative schools from the ground up. Whether you're a classroom teacher or an education policymaker, this book will equip you with methods and strategies to disrupt outdated assumptions, foster humanity in learning, and embrace the complexity of both children and the world they inhabit.
--Jim Rietmulder, The Circle School
This is required reading for all who care about our future and about our responsibility to create a better world today.
--Illah Nourbakhsh, PhD, Kavčic-Moura Professor of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University Robotic Institute
This book is a must read for parents, teachers, school administrators, and anyone interested in learning and thinking in our complex world. It probably won't happen, but all politicians should read this book, as well.
--Jeffrey W. Bloom, PhD, Researcher & Advisory Board Member of the International Bateson Institute; Professor Emeritus, Northern Arizona University; author, Creating a Classroom of Young Scientists
A captivating must-read for anyone who is dissatisfied with the status quo of schools but not quite sure where to begin. Ida Rose Florez provides readers with the necessary foundation for transformation toward healing and humanity at its core.
--Francesca Lopez, PhD, Waterbury Chair in Equity Pedagogy and Professor of Education, Penn State University, College of Education
The End of Education as We Know It is both inspiring and practical. The author's ability to explain complex processes in a way that is understandable to the reader is masterful. It should be required reading for every school administrator, politician, and teacher- education program in the country.
--Nanette (Sheri) Schonleber, PhD, Associate Professor Early Childhood Studies, Sonoma State University
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