Submitted by Julie Lumpkin (not verified) on March 15, 2007 - 11:47.
My first recommendation is that everyone involved in education, including those who makes policies affecting education, read the "New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce" report that was released on Dec. 14, 2006. You can read the entire report at www.skillscommission.org. If you want to know what to do about education, this is a must read.
We have failed to motivate our students to take tough courses requiring them to think and stretch their imaginations. We have failed to motivate them to have high work ethics and to work hard. We have failed by building systems in which the people who have the responsibility do not have the power, yet the people who have the power do not have the responsibility.
Do we need a change in our educational system? Absolutely! Is NCLB the answer? I don't think so. It seems that we need a complete overhaul. The comment about the industrial age educational system is not working for the information age student. Amen!!
My first recommendation is
Submitted by Julie Lumpkin (not verified) on March 15, 2007 - 11:47.
My first recommendation is that everyone involved in education, including those who makes policies affecting education, read the "New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce" report that was released on Dec. 14, 2006. You can read the entire report at www.skillscommission.org. If you want to know what to do about education, this is a must read.
We have failed to motivate our students to take tough courses requiring them to think and stretch their imaginations. We have failed to motivate them to have high work ethics and to work hard. We have failed by building systems in which the people who have the responsibility do not have the power, yet the people who have the power do not have the responsibility.
Do we need a change in our educational system? Absolutely! Is NCLB the answer? I don't think so. It seems that we need a complete overhaul. The comment about the industrial age educational system is not working for the information age student. Amen!!