I'd never heard of Prince EA before today. There's probably a reason for that. We've all seen Sir Ken Robinson make the case for a change in schools - ever since his now famous 2006 TED talk. That talk has been seen on TED just over 52,000,000 times (as I write this). There are around 15,000,000 who have seen it on Youtube. 67 million views over 12 years - impressive by any measure. Viral is the word we use. This morning I watched 2 videos from Prince EA. The first one has had 110,000,000 views on FaceBook since its release 5 months ago. It has also had 12,000,000 views on Youtube. 122 million views in just a few months. So about twice as many views in just over 4% of the time ... that's viral! There's probably a reason for that. Here is that first video. The second video I watched has been out for a week ... it has had around 11,000,000 views on FaceBook and around 2,500,000 on Youtube. Again ... viral. The messages are the same as Robinson's ... just that even though his videos have been seen by many ... these ones are being seen by more. There is probably a reason for that. Here is the second video. six cruel hours of our lives I'll finish this little story with another video ... this one from SpringVille-Griffith Institute in the USA. Now - I don't think the story they tell is that unusual. And I'm equally sure that there are many schools doing similar great things. Ours included.
But what I keep coming back to is just how long it takes to change education. The system just fights back - as Saleem Ismail would say "the immune system of the organisation will fight any sign of disruption". For the last 12 years we have seen Sir Ken Robinson (and similar), and now Prince EA, deliver the same message. Why don't we see a viral video of what an awesome school actually is today? There's probably a reason for that.
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