Workforce Of The Future

As our district is in the throes of developing another 3 year tech plan, we're at the pivotal point of "what should kids know, and when". Obviously there's the NCLB 8th grade tech literacy component, but the most recent issue of TechLEARNING has a link to The New Commission On The Skills of the American Workforce.

I'm clicking with the first 8 pages or so of the Executive Summary, as it seems to reinforce some of Friedman's predictions about what the future holds for our kids. I'm still processing the overall recommendations, though. Reminds me a bit of my family's Christmas morning charter schools discussion around the breakfast table, it's not just my nieces that are hungry for more. How to build something that's flexible, accountable, well-funded and government-run all at the same time?

Anyway, the world continues to flatten...