How do you do it?

I feel a little silly every time I type the words "changing the world". Maybe I should just say changing the educational system. On Bill's website, he writes that he doesn't think that the education system needs to be changed incrementally, but that it needs a wholesale change that will come from a grassroots movement. (Check it out if you haven't: www.bmosely.com.) I agree and want to be part of that grassroots movement. Actually, maybe what I want to do is start it. Or help start it.

It seems like quite the daunting task. How do you spread the word? (Conferences, websites, articles...) How do you connect people together who feel the same way? Once you have a community of evangelists--well, what then? What action do you as a group take that's going to start making the right kinds of changes? I've been somewhat obsessed with this the last few weeks, and now I'm trying to formulate a plan.

I'm starting with 10 teachers/educators who I think will be evangelists for the message of changing the education system. I don't know who those 10 are because I haven't let myself really think about it yet. There are a few in the back of my mind- a few who are essential, who I wouldn't do it without, and then I need to expand from there. The problem of course, is that no matter how much people say they agree with your message, to be a useful evangelist, they have to have the time and the inclination to help you. And that's hard. Most of my friends won't be part of the ten, mostly because they think I'm nuts. They tend to think it's crazy that I spend all of my non-work time on stuff like writing, working with Pepperdine, investigating Second life and working on my website and other things that I'm not getting paid for and not seeing any results from yet. Oh, yeah, and applying for a Doctorate in Education.

I'm trying to see the bigger picture. I'm hoping I can find some folks who want to see it with me.