In a period of continuous transformation and change for schools, it is worth listening to disruptive voices questioning the need and the proposed direction of change.
Last week, the European Commission launched its “Opening Up Education” initiative. (See my previous blog entry.) The final objective is to enable “all individuals to learn anywhere, anytime, through any device with the support of anyone”.
All education ministers in Europe and beyond seem to agree on the need to advance in the “digitalisation of learning” and design strategies to favour the future students’ employability. Jobs and skills are the ultimate objective, and testing is one of the key instruments to measure youth attainment and the system’s overall effectiveness. All education ministers? No! Like in Asterix, “one small village of indomitable education experts still holds out against the invaders”.