The greatest challenge public schools face is developing students who are
prepared for the demands of a rapidly changing global landscape and have the content
knowledge to apply their thinking skills. The traditional hierarchal organizational model
of public schools poses a factor for stifling innovation and reform in American schools.
Arnold (2007) completed a doctoral study that concluded that bureaucracies, inherent in
public schools, are not the appropriate organizational model for a 21st century learning
program to flourish. Although, thinking skills are essential in the learning process,
schools are publicly obligated to comply with legislative mandates regarding student
proficiency in the core subjects of mathematics and reading. With such a strong
emphasis on content accountability due to federal mandates, the innovations in
instructional practices that foster higher order thinking, thus producing 21st century ready
students, seem to only occur in smaller, private and mostly charter schools, such as New
Tech High School in Napa, California (Pearlman, 2006a).
The greatest challenge public schools face is developing students who areprepared for the demands of a rapidly changing global landscape and have the contentknowledge to apply their thinking skills. The traditional hierarchal organizational modelof public schools poses a factor for stifling innovation and reform in American schools.Arnold (2007) completed a doctoral study that concluded that bureaucracies, inherent inpublic schools, are not the appropriate organizational model for a 21st century learningprogram to flourish. Although, thinking skills are essential in the learning process,schools are publicly obligated to comply with legislative mandates regarding studentproficiency in the core subjects of mathematics and reading. With such a strongemphasis on content accountability due to federal mandates, the innovations ininstructional practices that foster higher order thinking, thus producing 21st century readystudents, seem to only occur in smaller, private and mostly charter schools, such as NewTech High School in Napa, California (Pearlman, 2006a).
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