emerge, so will a new educational order. The study’s importance is based upon the
historical facts that link education and industry and the current environmental
observations reviewed in this chapter. Educators in the past several decades have made
few improvements changes that have positively influenced student performance.
Regardless of the category chosen to compare the impact of attempted improvements,
whether it is student attendance, graduation rates, or international (subject-specific)
standardized testing, the results have remained proportionately similar. The results are
similar because the reform efforts intended to produce effective change have been
continuously applied to the same outdated mass-production model.
Couple the recent misguided reform efforts with present day environmental
realities of global and unprecedented economic, political, and social changes, and the
need for a major evolutionary step in education becomes strikingly clear. These
environmental realities include: a technology and information explosion, new forms of
competition, the end of the mass-production era, and increasingly faster rates of change.
Economic conditions have created a competitive market for educators unlike any that
previously existed. Although not the sole purpose of schools, preparing students for
economic productivity is a key responsibility of learning institutions. A different type of
worker will be required in the new economy and environment. Therefore, students will
need to be prepared in a different manner and in accordance to a new and different
standard. Graduates will need to be global-ready. Schools have demonstrated that they
are unable to prepare students to succeed in this “new” economy by continuing to
emerge, so will a new educational order. The study’s importance is based upon the
historical facts that link education and industry and the current environmental
observations reviewed in this chapter. Educators in the past several decades have made
few improvements changes that have positively influenced student performance.
Regardless of the category chosen to compare the impact of attempted improvements,
whether it is student attendance, graduation rates, or international (subject-specific)
standardized testing, the results have remained proportionately similar. The results are
similar because the reform efforts intended to produce effective change have been
continuously applied to the same outdated mass-production model.
Couple the recent misguided reform efforts with present day environmental
realities of global and unprecedented economic, political, and social changes, and the
need for a major evolutionary step in education becomes strikingly clear. These
environmental realities include: a technology and information explosion, new forms of
competition, the end of the mass-production era, and increasingly faster rates of change.
Economic conditions have created a competitive market for educators unlike any that
previously existed. Although not the sole purpose of schools, preparing students for
economic productivity is a key responsibility of learning institutions. A different type of
worker will be required in the new economy and environment. Therefore, students will
need to be prepared in a different manner and in accordance to a new and different
standard. Graduates will need to be global-ready. Schools have demonstrated that they
are unable to prepare students to succeed in this “new” economy by continuing to
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