(Earlysville, VA, Wednesday, April 14, 2021) – The current education system that relies on teacher-focused instruction, lecture format, desks in rows, and the rote learning of facts and figures, dates back to the 19th century, is ineffective and is underserving our children.

The pandemic has wreaked havoc on communities and education at all levels was severely disrupted. There has never been a more difficult time for educators and students.

Experts see this disruption as a time to transform the current education system. There has never been a better time to innovate — in small ways, and big. Now is the time to re-imagine education.

As schools reshape themselves post-COVID, there is growing interest in making sure they re-open with new thinking and ideas about what normal will be next year and in the years ahead. What School Could Be is a resource to help educators put new ideas into action.

What School Could be is a rapidly growing movement to help educators transform their schools into learning hubs that inspire and prepare students for life in a changing world.

What School Could Be has built and tested a digital platform for engagement, sharing, and learning that is free, educator-led, and responsive to each community’s unique vision for school change and transformation. Teachers run into roadblocks every day.  One of WSCB’s big goals is to help clear these roadblocks out of the way, by offering superb resources to generate community buy-in, and by offering safe, confidence-building steps that — over time — transform learning experiences.

Ted Dintersmith is an education innovator who leads What School Could Be and is focused on ground-up, inclusive approaches to school transformation. He is making sure that individualized, student-focused learning is at the center of post-COVID transitions.

Ted Dintersmith was once the country’s leading venture capitalist and was named as such by Business 2.0 (the voice of the dot com era) from 1995-99.  His firm, Charles River Ventures, was a leading early-stage funder of tech companies including Twitter, DoorDash and DropBox. A friend and collaborator with educationalist Sir Ken Robinson, Dintersmith is determined to see Sir Ken’s vision become reality. For more information visit www.whatschoolcouldbe.org.