I remember as a teenager in the eighties thinking of the year 2020 as something of a Sci-Fi concept. It is exciting that we are on the cusp of a new decade and the possibilities before us. No one knows what lies ahead, but ever-accelerating change is a given. In just the past couple of years, I have seen the conversation shift from, "The education system was built for a different era and needs to change" too, "Yes, yes, we get that. But HOW do we change?" Authority Magazine's recent feature, 10 Prominent Women Education Leaders Share Steps to Improve the U.S. Education System, provides a diversity of insights in answer to the question and I was honored to be asked to share my thoughts. I encourage you to read the article and to share your comments on the "how" of change.
Interesting conversations were afoot this past month related to education in Northern Ireland and I am excited to see what might unfold there in the next number of years. Click here to read. Stay tuned :)
10 Prominent Women Education Leaders Share Steps to Improve the U.S. Education System
The US K-12 and University System as a whole, has a lot of things that it does well. While that is true, there is no question that the US education system has much room for improvement.
Authority Magazine recently ran an interview series called “5 Things We Must Do to Improve the US Education System.” We had the opportunity to talk to scores of school and university leaders to discuss what is working, and what is not working in the US Education System.
In the course of our interviews we asked these leaders the following questions:
Can you identify five areas of the US education system that are going really great?
Can you identify the five key areas of the US education system that should be prioritized for improvement and explain why they are so critical?
If you had the power to influence or change the entire US educational infrastructure, which five things would you implement to improve and reform our education system?