We are living through a convergence of three conditions that are causing us to rethink education in a way that we havent in decades. The short of it is that we are preparing a new generation of learners, within a new information environment, for a future that we can not clearly describe. Each of these new conditions has profound implications for education and even what it means to be educated.
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It is an honor to be with you today. We all have a tremendous responsibility in preparing our children for their future. Bob Wise, says that only 4 out of 10 of our high school 9th graders are going to graduate with the skills for that future. Its a humbling, especially as we are losing between 40% and 50% of our teachers by year five. This is a tremendously expensive loss.
I want to add another one here. I recently wrote a blog article where I claimed that our job is not merely to prepare our children for their future. It is to prepare them to “own” their future.
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