R U Career Ready?
Peering down into the skillz gulch
Once upon a time our public schools prepared kids on both sides of the excellence divide for a place called “the future.” Students from the less excellent ville went on to labor in factories, while their more excellent peers went on to college and then became bosses. But then the factories closed or moved over seas and, save for a handful of hedge-fund managers, the wages of just about everyone became less excellent. Which raises a fiercely urgent question: how should our failing and failing public schools prepare students for the non-existent jobs of the 21st century?
Fortunately reader, we have an outstanding tour guide to help lead across the mighty skillz gulch. His name isMr. Thomas Friedman and he has helpfully prepared just the map we need to navigate our path to 21st century
Once upon a time our public schools prepared kids on both sides of the excellence divide for a place called “the future.” Students from the less excellent ville went on to labor in factories, while their more excellent peers went on to college and then became bosses. But then the factories closed or moved over seas and, save for a handful of hedge-fund managers, the wages of just about everyone became less excellent. Which raises a fiercely urgent question: how should our failing and failing public schools prepare students for the non-existent jobs of the 21st century?Fortunately reader, we have an outstanding tour guide to help lead across the mighty skillz gulch. His name isMr. Thomas Friedman and he has helpfully prepared just the map we need to navigate our path to 21st century