Education for the Wrong Future
On January 24, 2010 I posted an article on this blog with the headline: Are Louisiana Schools Training Students for the Wrong Future? That is the question some educators were asking 3 and a half years ago as the State Superintendent and BESE proposed to greatly increase the number of students graduating with a Core 4 diploma. The theory was that if Louisiana pressured more of its high school students to complete a true college prep curriculum, then Louisiana could become a leader in turning out more highly educated workers who would be prepared for the jobs of the future.
So how has the "college prep for all" push worked out for Louisiana? According to the Advocate story today, sure enough, we were training students for the wrong future! But it was not just educators who were concerned several years ago that Louisiana may be pushing our students into the wrong path. The following are two
So how has the "college prep for all" push worked out for Louisiana? According to the Advocate story today, sure enough, we were training students for the wrong future! But it was not just educators who were concerned several years ago that Louisiana may be pushing our students into the wrong path. The following are two
