There is a commonly held belief that our schools are not preparing our children for the 21st century.
This is truly the understatement of the century. Exponential advances in science and technology have propelled industries forward, ushering in new paradigms of efficiency and sustainable design, but our educational institutions have remained largely unaffected. Students today still study in the overly lit fluorescent rectangles painted dirty-beige that defined the classrooms of the 20th century.
On Monday, May 14th 2018 students from schools across NYU presented their vision for a 21st century education. The event featured an expo of student-run booths on topics ranging from Aquaponics and AgTech to Fixing the Gender Biased STEM Pipeline, and showcased The Paideia Project -- entire architectural and curricular redesigns for a public high school created by teams of undergraduate student designers.
In 2019, Josh Shapiro & Tinsley Maier built on the success of The Paideia Project and launched Edify Projects and the Edify Symposium. See below for more.