Reimagining high school
Pedestrians walking by the MIT Media Lab earlier this week might have noticed an interactive public installation challenging visitors to rethink high school in America. Developed by XQ: The Super School Project — an initiative aimed at bringing people together to design the next-generation American high school — the installation offered viewers a chance to journey through the history of public education in the U.S., as well as an opportunity to record and share their own ideas for how to transform the high school experience. XQ Board Chair Laurene Powell Jobs and CEO Russlynn Ali came to MIT this week to discuss the Super School Project and the necessity of transforming American high schools as part of a roundtable discussion held Wednesday evening during Solve, a four-day event at MIT. The discussion also featured Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo, and was moderated by Jason Pontin, editor-in-chief and publisher of MIT Technology Review....