Are even our "best" schools failing to prepare students for 21st century careers and citizenship?
View the following videos:
Education Today and Tomorrow
A Vision of K-12 Education Today
The Lost Generation
"We can teach them the technical stuff, but we can't teach them how to ask good questions- how to think." Clay Parker, President, Chemical Management Division of BOC Edwards
"How do you do things that haven't been done before, where you have to rethink or think anew?" Ellen Kumata, Managing Partner, Cambria Associates
"We are routinely surprised at the difficulty some young people have in communicating: verbal skills, written skills, presentation skills. They have difficulty being clear and concise; it's hard for them to create focus, energy, and passion around the points they want to make....Kids just out of school have an amazing lack of preparedness in general leadership skills and collaborative skills. They lack the ability to influence." Mike Summers, Vice President, Global Talent Management, Dell
"There is so much information available that it is almost too much, and if people aren't prepared to process the information effectively it almost freezes them in their steps." Mike Summers, Vice President, Global Talent Management, Dell
View the following videos:
Education Today and Tomorrow
A Vision of K-12 Education Today
The Lost Generation
In the new global economy where many jobs are either automated or "out-sourced" to other countries and some have not yet been invented, what skills will our students need to build successful careers and be good citizens? Are our schools teaching and testing the skills that matter most?
