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Austin ColeThis article talks about how schools are still trapped in old times globally. Many schools globally have not changed since the 1900's. It is time for a change and to bring in technology.
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American schools aren't exactly frozen in time, but considering the pace of change in other areas of life, our public schools tend to feel like throwbacks. Kids spend much of the day as their great-grandparents once did: sitting in rows, listening to teachers lecture, scribbling notes by hand, reading from textbooks that are out of date by the time they are printed.
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There's a dark little joke exchanged by educators with a dissident streak: Rip Van Winkle awakens in the 21st century after a hundred-year snooze and is, of course, utterly bewildered by what he sees.
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Sarah MartinThis article is about bringing our schools into this informational age of technology.
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ut, talking to
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erly bewildered by what he sees. Men and women dash about, talking to small metal devices
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Older folk defy death and disability with metronomes in their chests and with hips made of metal and plastic.
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But when he finally walks into a schoolroom, the old man knows exactly where he is. "This is a school," he declares. "We used to have these back in 1906. Only now the blackboards are green."
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Men and women dash about, talking to small metal devices pinned to their ears.
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There's a dark little joke exchanged by educators with a dissident streak: Rip Van Winkle awakens in the 21st century after a hundred-year snooze and is, of course, utterly bewildered by what h
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Rip Van Winkle awakens in the 21st century after a hundred-year snooze and is, of course, utterly bewildered by what he sees. Men an
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Kids are global citizens now, even in small-town America, and they must learn to act that way.
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T RothTime article about skills needed for the 21st century and how schools need to change paradigms in order for students to succeed beyond schol.
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Richard AngeloroThe world has changed, but the American classroom, for the most part, hasn't. Now educators are starting to look at what must be done to make sure our kids make the grade in the new global economy
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whether an entire generation of kids will fail to make the grade in the global economy because they can't think their way through abstract problems, work in teams, distinguish good information from bad or speak a language other than English.
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This week the conversation will burst onto the front page, when the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce, a high-powered, bipartisan assembly of Education Secretaries and business, government and other education leaders releases a blueprint for rethinking American education from pre-K to 12 and beyond to better prepare students to thrive in the global economy.
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we need to bring what we teach and how we teach into the 21st century.
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workers who are "global trade literate, sensitive to foreign cultures, conversant in different languages
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American schools aren't exactly frozen in time, but considering the pace of change in other areas of life, our public schools tend to feel like throwbacks.
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This is a story about the big public conversation the nation is not having about education, the one that will ultimately determine
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whether an entire generation of kids will fail to make the grade in the global economy
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a remarkable consensus among educators and business and policy leaders on one key conclusion: we need to bring what we teach and how we teach into the 21st century.
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Today's economy demands
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21st century skills.
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Knowing more about the world.
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02 Sep 09
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our public schools tend to feel like throwbacks
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national conversation on education has focused on reading scores, math tests and closing the "achievement gap" between social classes.
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we're aiming too low
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testing--is the meager minimum
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Jay FoglemanArticle about need to enhance what is taught to Amercan students. Curricular reform within disciplines is not enough.
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Kids spend much of the day as their great-grandparents once did: sitting in rows, listening to teachers lecture, scribbling notes by hand, reading from textbooks that are out of date by the time they are printed
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Today's economy demands not only a high-level competence in the traditional academic disciplines but also what might be called 21st century skills
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03 Mar 09
Jon Ben-AsherThe world has changed, but the American classroom, for the most part, hasn't. Now educators are starting to look at what must be done to make sure our kids make the grade in the new global economy
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How to Bring Our Schools Out of the 20th Century
By Claudia Wallis Sunday, Dec. 10, 2006<!-- /div.artTools --> <!-- Article Body Start -->There's a dark little joke exchanged by educators with a dissident streak: Rip Van Winkle awakens in the 21st century after a hundred-year snooze and is, of course, utterly bewildered by what he sees. Men and women dash about, talking to small metal devices pinned to their ears. Young people sit at home on sofas, moving miniature athletes around on electronic screens. Older folk defy death and disability with metronomes in their chests and with hips made of metal and plastic. Airports, hospitals, shopping malls--every place Rip goes just baffles him. But when he finally walks into a schoolroom, the old man knows exactly where he is. "This is a school," he declares. "We used to have these back in 1906. Only now the blackboards are green."
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Right now we're aiming too low. Competency in reading and math--the focus of so much No Child Left Behind (NCLB) testing--is the meager minimum. Scientific and technical skills are, likewise, utterly necessary but insufficient. Today's economy demands not only a high-level competence in the traditional academic disciplines but also what might be called 21st century skills. Here's what they are:
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Knowing more about the world. Kids are global citizens now, even in small-town America, and they must learn to act that way. Mike Eskew, CEO of UPS, talks about needing workers who are "global trade literate, sensitive to foreign cultures, conversant in different languages"--not exactly strong points in the U.S., where fewer than half of high school students are enrolled in a foreign-language class and where the social-studies curriculum tends to fixate on U.S. history.
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Knowing more about the world. Kids are global citizens now, even in small-town America, and they must learn to act that way. Mike Eskew, CEO of UPS, talks about needing workers who are "global trade literate, sensitive to foreign cultures, conversant in different languages"--not exactly strong points in the U.S., where fewer than half of high school students are enrolled in a foreign-language class and where the social-studies curriculum tends to fixate on U.S. history
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There's a dark little joke exchanged by educators with a dissident streak: Rip Van Winkle
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"We used to have these back in 1906. Only now the blackboards are green."
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There's a dark little joke exchanged by educators with a dissident streak: Rip Van Winkle awakens in the 21st century after a hundred-year snooze and is, of course, utterly bewildered by what he sees. Men and women dash about,
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talking to small metal devices pinned to their ears. Young people sit at home on sofas, moving miniature athletes around on electronic screens. Older folk defy death and disability with metronomes in their chests and with hips made of metal and plastic. Airports, hospitals, shopping malls--every place Rip goes just baffles him. But when he finally walks into a schoolroom, the old man knows exactly where he is. "This is a school," he declares. "We used to have these back in 1906. Only now the blackboards are green."
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21st century skills
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Knowing more about the world
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"This is a school," he declares. "We used to have these back in 1906. Only now the blackboards are green."
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20 Aug 08
craig rolandThe idea of traditional school learning is a very antiquated one. Schools need to adjust their expectations in order to produce global learners. . .
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Eva KoumiAn excellent article on the importance of develop new, portable, life-long learning skills amongst students.
information literacy new literacy multi-literacy life-long learning critical thinking
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António TeixeiraArtigo na Time (de 2006) sobre o passado e o futuro das escolas.
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Brian C. SmithThe world has changed, but the American classroom, for the most part, hasn't. Now educators are starting to look at what must be done to make sure our kids make the grade in the new global economy
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Claude AlmansiA yawning chasm (with an emphasis on yawning) separates the world inside the schoolhouse from the world outside.
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Joe ShowkerWonder why your students are bored?
instruction teacher technology digitalnative culture web2.0 youth
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Dave PowersA great article about bettering American schools by updating the methods
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Tom Hemingway"...whether an entire generation of kids will fail to make the grade in the global economy because they can't think their way through abstract problems, work in teams, distinguish good information from bad or speak a language other than English."
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Yvonne MurtaghCover Story: How to Bring Our Schools Out of the 20th Century The world has changed, but the American classroom, for the most part, hasn't. Now educators are starting to look at what must be done to make sure our kids make the grade in the new global econ
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11 Dec 06
Angela StevensGreat article in Time about how to educate students for the 21st century
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