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"So it was my great honor to serve on the 2010 K-12 Horizon Project Advisory Board this year, and "our" report was released a couple of days ago. If you want another piece to add to your "compelling case for change" argument, it's worthy of your consideration. Obviously, I'm hoping you'll read the whole thing, but I wanted to pick out some of the pieces that I find particularly thought-provoking."

"Sir Ken Robinson says our education system works like a factory. It's based on models of mass production and conformity that actually prevent kids from finding their passions and succeeding, he said. "The problem is that educating young people is not like making motorcars -- at all," the author and educator said in a recent interview. "And one key difference is that motorcars have no interest in how they're made, and young people do." Robinson, author of "The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything," spoke to CNN after a recent lecture at the TED Conference in Long Beach, California. "

"A network devoted to the idea that we can't prepare students for the 21st century in a system that was structured for the 1900's. "