Brainless Sameness

Bob Sornson is a best-selling author and international consultant to schools and communities. His work focuses on competency based learning, early learning success, and parent engagement. Bob’s books include Over-Tested and Under-Prepared: Using Competency Based Learning to Transform Our Schools, Essential Math Skills, The Juice Box Bully, and many others.

In his new book Brainless Sameness, Bob Sornson nails his heartfelt, profound, and powerful thesis squarely on the doors of the education establishment. My sincere hope is that this book will be widely read by everyone involved in contemporary education K-16. As required by his task, Sornson pulls no punches in this book, being clear about the reasons for so called education reform’s failure, while also offering an inspired vision for helping students and schools fall in love with 21st century learning that really matters—to the learner and to society itself.

• IntroductionChapter One: Time for Disruptive Innovation in Our SchoolsChapter Two: Our Moment of Opportunity Chapter Three: Hasn’t Worked Can’t Work Won’t WorkChapter Four: Designing Student Learning for the 21st CenturyChapter Five: Personalized Competency Based Learning in Elementary and Preschool Chapter Six: Personalized Competency Based Learning in Secondary SchoolsChapter Seven: Personalized Competency Based Learning in Higher EducationChapter Eight: How to Suck Innovation Out of the American Education SystemChapter Nine: Leading to Innovation Chapter Ten: The Equity Agenda Chapter Eleven: Bring Back the JoyChapter Twelve: We Need Leaders Like YouChapter Thirteen: A Call to ActionChapter Fourteen: Which System Do You Want for Your Children? Appendix