Radical Thinking For Equitable Futures
Our known systems, everyday routines and relationships have been radically disrupted.
This report, which came out of a partnership between Imaginable Futures and IDEO, sets out to capture the global disruption of our education systems and to offer an evidence-based vision of the future, that takes into account both the constraints and the opportunities of this historic moment.
While reports can feel like a sealed chamber, we’ve designed this as an open invitation for dialogue. Our hope is that we might collectively imagine a better future and begin thinking about what it will take to get there.
Download the reportState of
Education
The historic inequities embedded in our education systems — race, gender, geography, wealth, income, culture — have been further brought to light by the recent seismic shifts in our society. Our everyday routines have shifted, and so have the routines of learning.
We need leaders who listen, who collaborate with community, and who can meet this moment with a brave and radical redesign.
WHAT IF, at this moment of disruption, our systems of learning could be redesigned to eliminate the inequities that are embedded in our schools and our communities? The urgency to evolve, to deploy radical imagination, is here.
State of
the Future
Futuring allows us to better equip ourselves for what lies ahead by imagining how the drivers of today might determine the outcomes of tomorrow.
We use the tool of Futuring so that we might better understand what’s coming, and thus more effectively make choices that support the futures we hope to see.
This section of the report is an exercise in anticipating alternative futures across global education, with the hope of defending against negative outcomes and intentionally accelerating positive ones.
Futuring allows us to better equip ourselves for what lies ahead by imagining how the drivers of today might determine the outcomes of tomorrow.
We use the tool of Futuring so that we might better understand what’s coming, and thus more effectively make choices that support the futures we hope to see.
This section of the report is an exercise in anticipating alternative futures across global education, with the hope of defending against negative outcomes and intentionally accelerating positive ones.
Collapse is painful, but it carries within it the seeds of transformation. As we live through the effects of a global crisis, we feel a shared urgency to demand a more equitable future. In collective action, there is hope.
Download the reportAs we continue the conversation about the future of education, IDEO is collecting thoughts and feedback to help the team understand your vision for learning reimagined. If you are interested, please complete this survey and note that all responses will be immediately visible for others to view, in service of an open and collaborative conversation.