ABSTRACT
The school must choose to devote significant time, energy and money toward innovation. It must free teachers' time to work collaboratively on innovative projects. The school must work hard to build appreciation in all constituencies for innovative contributions. Innovation in a school can feel challenging and risky. Teachers have little free time to conceive, build and test new approaches to their curriculum; even if they do find the time, the appeal of rebuilding a lesson or unit can feel low while the associated risks of untested experiences can feel high. The difficulty with the challenge of innovation in independent schools is that a new idea cannot be incorporated into the curriculum without ceasing to be new. Plug-and-play interoperability is therefore the final prerequisite for useful edtech innovation to occur. It can be achieved in one of only two ways: by a monopolistic edtech platform, or by a framework of open data standards.
