Freedom to Learn

Freedom to Learn (FTL) is a statewide education program in Michigan helping schools create high performing, student-centered learning environments by providing each student and teacher with direct, consistent access to 21st century learning tools.

The program was started in 2002 when the Michigan Legislature and governor dedicated state and federal (Title II, D) funds to a Demonstration Phase. Seeing the positive early results, the state expanded the program in 2004. Michigan has allocated over $30 million in federal and state funds to include over 23,000 students in 100 school districts and 191 buildings - primarily middle schools.

Don't be afraid ! There will be Latin and rhetoric, and they will exist in another hundred years, simply because the medicine is bought, so we must drink it (as a patient said). I doubt whether the thoughts which I have expressed perhaps indistinctly, awkwardly, inconclusively, will become generally accepted in another hundred years; it is not likely that within a hundred years all those ready-made institutions-schools, gymnasia, and universities -- will die, and that within that time there will grow freely formed institutions, having for their basis the freedom of the learning generation.[1]
"Education and Instruction," Leo Tolstoy, 1860.

Primary goals of FTL

  1. Enhance student learning and achievement in core academic subjects with an emphasis on developing the knowledge and skills requisite to the establishment of a 21st-century workforce in Michigan.
  2. Provide greater access to equal educational opportunities statewide through ubiquitous access to technology.
  3. Foster effective use of the wireless technology through systematic professional development for teachers, administrators and staff.
  4. Empower parents and caregivers with the tools to become more involved in their child's education.
  5. Support innovative structural changes in participating schools and sharing of best practices among Program participants.

FTL offers the training and resources necessary to transform schools—and it is doing just that. A rigorous and comprehensive evaluation is gauging the impact of the program to assemble lessons learned and best practices – early results are available on the Freedom to Learn website.

The goals of education in a free society

See also

References

  1. Paul Biryukov (1911). Chapter 14, Leo Tolstoy: His Life and Work. Retrieved April 5, 2010.
  2. Greenberg, D (1992). Freedom Nurtures Culture and Learning, Education in America: a view from Sudbury Valley. Retrieved April 5, 2010.
  3. Greenberg, D (1992). The Goals of Education in a Free Society, Education in America: a view from Sudbury Valley. Retrieved February 7, 2010.
  4. Greenberg, D. (1992). Should School-Age Children Hold Jobs?, Education in America: a view from Sudbury Valley. Retrieved February 8, 2010.
  5. Greenberg, H (1992). To Thyself be True, The Sudbury Valley School Experience. Retrieved February 8, 2010.

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