"We are at the Death of Education Right Now"
The United States is behind in many categories. Education is a combination of all of the tools humanity has to offer. Math, science, art, literature, technology, and so on. It teaches us the value of responsibility from as early as age 5. Education is one of the most significant assets to any country; and the US simply can't stack up.
"By 2100, more than half the world’s population will live in India, China, or Africa. Global policy leadership and sales of education goods and services will be shaped less by issues and needs in the U.S., and more by the issues and needs of Africa, South Asia, and China" (Cole, 2015)
China will continue to be a world leader in education. But what's really interesting is how Africa will be affected in the future. It's no secret that Africa has been relying on foreign aid for quite some time now. Mission trips to build schools, finance children to go to school, and so on. How will this progress over the next hundred years? How will these technological advances in the world be able to influence places like Africa?
The article, "The Flat World and Education: How America's Commitment to Equity Will Determine Our Future" by Linda Darling-Hammond had some significant points about the future of education.
She states,
"In the United States, our college
participation rates have slipped from 1st in the
world to 16th and only about one-third of our
young people receive a college degree. At a time when high school dropouts are
unlikely to be able to secure any job at all, our
high school graduation rates—stuck at about
70%—have dropped from first in the world to
the bottom half of individualized nations" (Darling-Hammond, 2012).
She goes on to say,
"Whether
investments in better teaching, curriculum, and
schooling will follow the press for new
standards or whether standards build upon a
foundation of continued inequality in education
will simply certify student failure with greater
certainty and reduce access to future education
and employment" (Darling-Hammond, 2012).
The main point of her argument is that if we do not change our "factory system" students will continue to fail at getting jobs, and in turn, succeeding in the future.
I couldn't agree more.
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