School-to-Career Blog 072607
The views expressed here are Chris' and are not necessarily the same as the Wake County Public School System.
Why Haven't Schools Changed More?
21st Century Connections, July 26, 2007.
Highlights from the article
Unfortunately, in most schools, there is minimal consensus, at best, about what the overall goals of schooling should be: academic learning, socialization, life skills, character education, civic engagement, nutrition, physical fitness, exposure to the fine arts, job training, and so on. Moreover, there is no consensus about how the world works and what actions should be employed to reach desired results.
Chris' thoughts -
This is exactly what I have been talking about for years!
The essential question is: What is the purpose of K-12 public education?
Until we can define that, we'll keep doing what we have been doing despite the fact that the rest of the world is heading in a different direction.
If the whole purpose of K-12 public education is to get the students from one educational level to the next, then we are doing a decent job. If our purpose is to help our kids get ready for a career and for life as an adult, then we need to redesign the education system based on that purpose.
I believe that there is too much emphasis on "education for the sake of education" rather than on kids learing what they need to have a successful future.
Chris writes for the following Blogs:
- Wake County School-to-Career Blog
- Association for Career and Technical Education's (ACTE) New and Related Services Division, School-to-Work/Careers Section (ACTE blog)
- Association for Career and Technical Education's (ACTE) New and Related Services Division, School-to-Work/Careers Section (ACTE blog) (alternate view)
- Wake County Public School System's Morning Announcements (WCPSS blog)
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