Stephen Schwarzman, Blackstone chairman and CEO, talks about why he gave a $ 25 million donation to his suburban public high school, and the need to
prepare students for the workplace of the future.
College to career programs are helping to overcome this barrier by
preparing students for the workplace and facilitating the matching of students with disabilities with employers.
Just under one quarter of survey respondents (23 per cent) felt their primary and secondary schools were adequately
preparing students for the workplace - regionally the percentages ranged from 33 per cent in South East Asia to 13 per cent in Latin America.
Employers consider ethics, leadership, resilience, curiosity, mindfulness and courage as being of «very high» importance to
preparing students for the workplace.
A UK survey concluded that we're «too focused on exam results and don't
prepare students for the workplace.»
Schools can no longer
prepare students for the workplace of the future without providing them with skills necessary for using computers competently.
Faculty members Robert Schwartz and Nancy Hoffman discuss their new book, the Pathways to Prosperity Network, and what they've learned about
preparing students for the workplace.
If you think that the goal of education is to
prepare students for the workplace, it's fairly clear where to turn for thoughts about school curricula — you talk to economists and business leaders to try to predict the skills and knowledge kids will need in the future workplace.
3 Business leaders and policymakers have agreed for a decade that the core problem with schools is their inability to
prepare students for the workplace.
How to best
prepare students for workplace changes brought on by automation and other technologies, however, is not yet clear among educators and labor experts.
Their initial ideas about what their students might learn from using AppleWorks database software (which they had experienced in a summer workshop) mainly were about technology skills —
preparing students for the workplace of the future, getting comfortable with the keyboard, etc..
With the world experiencing exponential growth in digital technologies, the question of how to bring teaching into the 21st Century and
prepare students for the workplace of tomorrow is a pressing one for schools and education departments across the globe.
Our STEA3M middle schools
prepare students for the workplace of the future, which will expect employees to think critically, use creativity and apply skills to ever - evolving situations.
Look for more corporate - education eLearning collaboration to
prepare students for the workplace.
Not exact matches
The spirit of Common Core (as I've been told) is to provide a level playing field
for students throughout the country and to better
prepare them
for both higher education and the
workplace.
Adopted by nearly every state and largely commended by educators, the standards were designed collaboratively by education leaders and teachers to
prepare students for the challenges of the modern
workplace.
Major education stakeholder groups across the country argue the higher standards are necessary to
prepare students for college and the modern global
workplace.
Driven by changes already happening at the higher education levels and the need to
prepare students for the 21st century
workplace, blended learning provides the school with a variety of ways to address
student needs, differentiate instruction, and provide teachers with data
for instructional decision - making.
The former Dean of Pixar University explains what schools must do to
prepare students (and themselves)
for new models in the
workplace.
As nations around the world reform education to
prepare their
students for the 21st century
workplace, are our
students ready to compete?
Prepares for tomorrow's
workplace When a
student's only exposure to a computer is in a lab at the end of the hall, technology can be seen as a fragmented skill unrelated to daily life or a future career.
Preparing students to create digital content is more important than ever, as technology becomes more prevalent in schools and the need to
prepare students for the 21st century
workplace is more pressing.
Achieve, Inc., the Education Trust, and the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation established the American Diploma Project, whose report contends that the high - school diploma too often fails to signify that
students are well
prepared for postsecondary education or the
workplace.
More specifically, improving
students» reading, math, and science knowledge and skills will help poor children climb out of poverty, and will help all children
prepare for the rigors of college and the
workplace.
By learning in an independent but guided way
students can better
prepare for the independent learning expectations of tertiary or
workplace learning.
Ultimately, we are
preparing our
students for more than college and careers; we are
preparing them to be productive members of society and valued members of their families and
workplaces.
LC: It is a mistake to assume that if schools just adopt classroom technologies, academic achievement will improve, teaching will change dramatically, and
students will be better
prepared for the 21st - century
workplace.
Preparing Students for College, Careers, and Life After High School, explores what it means to ensure that high school students graduate prepared for both higher education and the wo
Students for College, Careers, and Life After High School, explores what it means to ensure that high school
students graduate prepared for both higher education and the wo
students graduate
prepared for both higher education and the
workplace.
SAS and RM Unify's partnership gives
students the building blocks to
prepare them
for the digital
workplace of the future.
«Not only are basic coding skills good
for preparing kids
for the
workplace of tomorrow, they can also help to engage
students in lessons across the curriculum, including everything from science to art.»
They also expect
students to
prepare for the
workplace by reading and writing about a wide variety of nonfiction texts.
Teachers receive training on how to
prepare students for the digital
workplace and integrate digital skills development into existing lessons.
But to be eligible, states had to agree to adopt «internationally benchmarked standards and assessments that
prepare students for success in college and the
workplace.»
The new standards are designed to ensure
students who graduate from public high schools are able not just to get through their high school coursework — nearly 90 percent of Maryland
students now graduate — but are
prepared for the
workplace or
for college.
SHU Mobile Computing brings tomorrow's
workplace to campus today so that our
students will be
prepared for careers that demand greater fluency in technology.»
To address employers» concerns that high school graduates were not
prepared for the demands of the
workplace, teachers in the Kent school district in Washington state have begun giving
students grades
for «employability.»
ADP's goals are
for all states to: align high school standards and assessments with the knowledge and skills required
for success after high school; require all graduates to take rigorous courses that
prepare them
for life after high school; streamline assessments so that high school tests can also serve as placement tests
for college and hiring in the
workplace; and hold both high schools and colleges accountable
for student success.
Students graduate with experiences, content knowledge, and skills that better
prepare them
for a complex, dynamic
workplace.
This is still critical, of course, but today's rigorous college and career readiness standards also emphasize the development of
students» conative skills to
prepare them
for higher education and the global
workplace.
Teachers can
prepare students for a career in the digital
workplace by integrating technology into the classroom.
But many are critical of the shift, arguing that teachers are losing important tools to enforce diligence and
prepare students for college and the
workplace.
High schools are seeking to build systems that ensure success
for every
student; this is being further emphasized by the Obama administration, which has identified the following four Race to the Top priority areas in the Race to the Top Executive Summary (2009): «adopting standards and assessments that
prepare students to succeed in college and the
workplace and to compete in the global economy; building data systems that measure
student growth and success, and inform teachers and principals about how they can improve instruction; cultivating effective teachers and principals, especially where they are needed most; and turning around struggling schools» (p. 1).
They will emphasize critical thinking, reasoning and problem - solving, modeling the kind of teaching and learning needed to
prepare all
students for the demands of college and the
workplace.
State leaders in the Partnership
for Assessment of Readiness of College and Careers share one fundamental goal: building their collective capacity to dramatically increase the rates at which
students graduate from high school
prepared for success in college and the
workplace
Voters also say they don't want graduation requirements watered down and that
students need to be better -
prepared for the
workplace and college.
Our goal is to
prepare well - rounded
students who are ready
for life, not just the
workplace.
In 2005, Oakland embarked on a set of systemic reforms aimed at
preparing every
student for success in college and the
workplace.
Rethink traditional degree programs and past pedagogies to
prepare increasingly diverse
student cohorts
for the 21st century
workplace
«CTE plays a powerful role in
preparing students for postsecondary education and the
workplace, and it is important that educators leading...
Today's schools face unprecedented challenges in
preparing students for the unpredictable demands of the future
workplace.