21st Century Skills (Blog #14)

President Ken Kay of Partnership for the 21st Century Skills wrote a book called Enriching Minds for the 21st Century. Kay discusses and explains why the education system of America needs to be changed into a system more acceptable for the 21st century. One point Kay discusses is that the world is changing technology wise. Blue collar workers are being replaced and the global competition and collaboration has been accelerating over the past 30 years. Kay's second point is that schools and students in the U.S. are not adapting to the changes of the technology society. He brings up the point that students are losing interest in school because of the old fashion ways they are being taught. He brings up the point that testing is not creating a good foundation for students for the competitive nation in the world. The students are not being taught to the expectations of the society.

The way Ken kay talks about how school systems need to hop on the 21st century band wagon is right on point. Students of today are being brought up in a technological society where technology is the basis for their learning. In classrooms, teachers need to use technology a little more to teach children. I like that he points out that what our american school systems are learning needs to be a little more demanding than what it has been in the past. No matter what background students come from, teachers should be able to make class fun and interesting and be able to demand a little more from their students to grow the level of education in this nation.