Looking for a little light reading for the July 4 holiday weekend? James Schultz has an article in Converge considering “The Global Race: Is America Still a Contender?”
“We’ve been sitting on the top of the pile for so long that we’ve grown complacent. The attitude is we’ll never be knocked off the top of the perch. People are dangerously naïve and uninformed about what’s going on in other parts of the globe.”
The article appears to call for a tighter integration of business and education. Not sure I agree – the mantra used to be “prepare students to be learners and thinkers – preparing students for the jobs of today results in outdated workers”. While I agree that educational institutions need to change, moving occupational training into the K-12 environment, not matter what the focus, is not going to prepare a generation capable of the type of innovation needed for a competitive world. I do agree with the concern that our education system exists within an environment of conformity – too few options to develop local strengths and take advantage of local opportunities.
