Left in the dust
Researcher issues warning: Refresh schools or lose is an article in Kearneyhub.com in Nebraska. Bryan Goodwin is the director of communications for McREL, an education research and development organization. He spoke at the Nebraska Department of Education’s Excellence in Education conference in Lincoln about diverse student identities and changing expectations. He noted that minority enrollment exceeds white enrollment and at least 20 million Americans identify themselves as mixed races who believe that census categories don’t apply to them. He talked of technology and how it is changing. Students have more choices and prefer multitasking and parallel processes. Students thrive on instant gratification. He feels that American schools must change or they will be left in the dust.
Doug Christensen, Nebraska’s education commissioner, pointed out how high schools haven’t changed since the early 1920’s. He reiterated the need for change in high schools and believes public high schools will lose if they don’t reform.
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