The Future is Here: Peoria

October 4, 1957

October 4, 1957

STEM Knowledge Mergers

Skill Mergers

?

STEM Knowledge Mergers

Skill Mergers

?

“The Nation is now well into the 21st century and not since the Soviet

Union's launch of the Sputnik satellite—47 years ago—has the

need to improve science and mathematics education in America been as clear and as urgent as it is

today.”

–National Science Foundation

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsb0602/

What trends are driving change in education, workforce

and education

today?

GlobalS&T

Demography

Our Sputnik

“If the U.S. is to maintain its economic leadership and compete in the new global

economy, the nation must prepare today’s K-12 students better to be tomorrow’s

productive workers and citizens. Changing workforce requirements mean that new

workers will need ever more sophisticated skills in science, mathematics, engineering

and technology ...

http://www.nsf.gov/nsb/documents/2006/0502/testimony.pdf

Governor Rick Perry

Texas Competitiveness Council and Industry Cluster Initiative

“Growing evidence shows that pathways hold promise for reducing high school dropout rates, increasing academic achievement and learning,

and increasing students’ earning power when they graduate. Equally compelling,

studies show that students enrolled in pathways perform as well as their

traditionally educated counterparts on key measures” (Hoachlander, et al, p. 3, 2008).

“Those who complete both a strong academic curriculum and a vocational program of study (dual concentrators) may have better outcomes than those

who pursue one or the other (Silverberg, Warner, Fong, & Goodwin, 2004; Plank, 2001; Stone & Aliaga, 2003)” (National Alliance for Secondary Education and Transition, 2005, Career Preparatory

Experiences, ¶ 3).

What changes do we have to make to better prepare students for life,

work and learning?

The Future is Here: Emerging Technologies, Jobs and Strategies

www.kurzweilai.net/.../ SIN_headshot_highres.html

“We're doubling the rate of progress every decade, we'll see a century of progress--at today's rate--in only 25 calendar years.”

Kurzweil, KurzweilAI.net, March 7, 2001

Adapted from NSFNEURO NANO

BIOINFO

21st Century Architecture

NEURO NANO

BIOINFO

Adapted from NSF

21st Century Architecture

STEM Mergers

The number of jobs requiring technical training is growing at five times the rate of other occupations.Innovate America, U.S. Council on Competitiveness

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Where Are The Jobs?

Source: Career Pathways: Education with a Purpose, p. 35

Source: Achieve Texas: Lifelong Success for All Students, p. 3

1950 2004

“A serious lack of skilled workers will grow to 5.3 million in 2010 and to 14

million by 2015.”

–US Bureau of Labor Statistics

Job Mergers

Medium to High Pay Jobs

KnowledgeJobs

SkillJobs

NextGenJobs

Academic Mergers

Med-to-High Skill and Professional Jobs

General Academics

Technical – Workforce Ed

Next GenEd

K-12

CTC – Workforce & Technical Programs

University

EmployersIndustry, Government, Military and Civil Society

Environmental System of Forces Globalization, Demography, Science & Technology

K-12

CTC – Workforce & Technical Programs

University

EmployersIndustry, Government, Military and Civil Society

Environmental System of Forces Globalization, Demography, Science & Technology

Strategies & Models

Academic Mergers

Liberal Arts

STEM CTE

x

Contextual

Theoretical Applied

TEAMS

Next Generation

Ed

TechnologyEngineeringArts (Liberal & Fine)

MathematicsScience

Maryland Comprehensive

Liberal Arts, STEM and CTE

Model

Maryland Classroom: CTE: Educating Tomorrow’s Workforce Today, April 2008

Maryland Classroom: CTE: Educating Tomorrow’s Workforce Today, April 2008

Maryland Classroom: CTE: Educating Tomorrow’s Workforce Today, April 2008

“…newer programs like Pre-engineering, Biomedical Sciences, Manufacturing Engineering Technologies, and Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness are attracting more and more students.”

Maryland Classroom: CTE: Educating Tomorrow’s Workforce Today, April 2008

The Future is Here: Emerging Technologies, Jobs and Strategies

October 4, 1957

GlobalS&T

Demography

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