Yesterday my phone rang. When I looked at the number on caller ID, I cringed. As the school district number popped up, I knew that something was up with one of my sons. Hoping one of them was not hurt, I answered. After a pleasant greeting, and a simple introduction, a school counselor said, “I am calling to let you…
Category: Career
The false dichotomy between job training and education
Peter Huidekoper, Jr. is a long-time Denver educator, who publishes an always provocative newsletter called “Another View.” The newsletter is widely distributed among education thinkers in the Denver metro area. Huidekoper has a sharp mind and a deft touch with words. In a recent recent newsletter, he takes on an issue with national implications: The purpose of higher education, and…
Building agile schools in the age of agility
By Maureen Kelleher and Chyrise Harris The key three factors most likely to change the nature of future work are: artificial intelligence/robots, demographic changes and concentration of talent in certain locations, according to a new study from America Succeeds. It’s a good guess that lots of the jobs people currently hold will be drastically changed or eliminated. Estimates of how…