Chapter+2


 * Chapter 2: Making the Shift - Schools Meet Society's Needs **


 * Questions for Chapter 2**

1. What are the key elements of disruptive innovation?

2. List other examples of disruptive innovations. Why are they disruptive and not sustaining? To whom are they disruptive?

3. Do you agree that schools have improved continually? Why?

4. The authors list several jobs for which society hires schools. Do students hire schools to do these same jobs for them? If no, what jobs do students want schools to do for them? What about parents?

5. Have you seen evidence of the arrival of the disruptive innovation in your schools? Are there changes in affordability and simplicity related to this disruptive innovation?

6. Are we motivated to move in a different direction?