Change and Global Competition

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Change and Global Competition

• Art Lacy
• For
• Focus on the Future

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The primary aim of education is not to enable
students to do well in school, but to help them
do well in the lives they lead outside of school.
Students
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• Relationships
• Relevance
• Rigor

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R x R x R LCWRS

• Relationships X Relevance X Rigor
• Life, College, Work Ready Students

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Increasing Rigor/Relevance
D
C
RIGOR
High
B
A
Low
High
Low
RELEVANCE
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Rigor/Relevance Framework
Relationships
D
C
RIGOR
High
B
A
Low
High
Low
RELEVANCE
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Skills Gap
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Education exists in the larger context of society.
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When society changes so too must education if
it is to remain viable!
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Two forces today are driving worldwide cultural
change ? globalization and technology.

• Over the past two decades, technology and world
  trade created about 40 million more jobs than
  were destroyed in the United States.
• In the United States and many other countries,
  the demand for highly and specially skilled labor
  is rising.

Gordon, Edward E. (2005). The 2010 Meltdown.
Praeger.
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Employment 1970s

• High Skill
• Low Skill

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Employment 1990s

• High Skill
• Low Skill

Semi Skill
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Employment 2010

• High Skill
• Low Skill

Semi Skill
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1970s 1990s 2010
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U.S. Population, Hispanic

• 2005 14
• 2030 30

Source U.S. Census Bureau
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Percentage of Adults in Each Prose Literacy
Proficiency Level, by Race/Ethnicity
Percent
Source Americas Perfect Storm
Low
High
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Technology
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1983 - A Nation at Risk

• E-mail
• Web pages
• Google
• iPODs
• Laptops
• Digital cameras
• Doppler radar
• Cell Phones
• Debit cards

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2000

• Blogs
• Wikis
• Tagging
• Text messaging
• MySpace
• Podcasts
• PDAs
• Genetic code

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Millennial-oriented Technology
Blogs
Wikis
Tagging
Instant Messaging
MySpace
Podcasts
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2007 No Child Left Behind

• DNA-based computers
• Wireless electricity
• Plastic for blood
• Stem cell to grow human organs
• Light switch for brain

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Challenges

• Technology
• Globalization
• Demographics

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Projection Keyboard
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Translation Goggles
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www.kidzworld.com
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Challenges

• Technology
• Globalization

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Wages in China are very low compared to the
United States.

• The average monthly wage in manufacturing
  establishments in urban areas is about 120.

Center for Strategic and International Studies
and the Institute for International Economics.
(2006). China The Balance Sheet. Public Affairs
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Wages

• Wages in manufacturing outside of urban areas and
  for unskilled labor are even lower.
• Average hourly labor cost for manufacturing in
  urban areas is about 1. In the U.S., average
  hourly labor is 30.

Center for Strategic and International Studies
and the Institute for International Economics.
(2006). China The Balance Sheet. Public Affairs
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What do you see when you think of China?
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China Today
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Challenges

• Technology
• Globalization
• Demographics

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Cities with 1 Million People
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Brain Growth versus Public Expenditures on
Children Ages 0 -18
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The primary aim of education is not to enable
students to do well in school, but to help them
do well in the lives they lead outside of school.
SKILLS
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• Applied Skills
• Critical Thinking/Problem Solving
• Oral Communication
• Written Communication
• Teamwork/Collaboration
• Diversity
• Information Technology Application
• Leadership
• Creativity/Innovation
• Lifelong Learning/Self Direction
• Professionalism/Work Ethic
• Ethics/Social Responsibility

• Basic Knowledge/Skills
• English Language (spoken)
• Reading Comprehension
• (in English)
• Writing in English
• (grammar, spelling, etc.)
• Mathematics
• Science
• Government/Economics
• Humanities/Arts
• Foreign Languages
• History/Geography

Are They Really Ready To Work?
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To Deliver 21st Century Skills Content The
Common Core

• Ready for Work
• Youth Employment Outcomes

Ready for College Academic Outcomes
21st Century Skills Content Information
Media Literacy Communication Critical Systems
Thinking Problem Solving Creativity, Intellectual
Curiosity Interpersonal Skills Self-Direction Acco
untability and Adaptability Social
Responsibility Financial Literacy Global
Awareness Civic Literacy
Specific Vocational Knowledge Skills
Subject Matter Knowledge
Cultural, Physical Behavioral Health Knowledge
Skills
Ready for Life Youth Development Outcomes
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Prose versus Document Literacy

• Document Literacy is not the Same as Prose
  Literacy
• Prose has two continuous text forms
• Fiction
• Non-fiction

Newspapers contain both continuous prose in the
form of articles and document literacy in the
form of maps, charts, photos, tables, etc.
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Comprehending Literacy in a Global Era

• Quantitative Literacy
• Identify numerical representations and ideas
• Perform computations and solve problems either
  alone or sequentially
• Use numbers embedded in printed materials
• Act with mathematical intent to complete tasks
• Technological Literacy
• Navigate and search using electronic sources
• Production and problem solving
• Compare and use ever-changing media and
  information
• Act upon media and technology based information

• Prose Literacy
• Search
• Comprehend
• Use continuous text
• Documents Literacy
• Search
• Comprehend
• Act upon
• Use non-continuous text in various formats

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The primary aim of education is not to enable
students to do well in school, but to help them
do well in the lives they lead outside of school.
Students