The Future of Education

Our schools are expecting changes by the year 2020. While the year 2020 sounds far away, in actuality it is only about 7 months away. We can see a lot of big changes coming to classrooms in these next few months. One of them is technology. As I myself have gone through school, the levels of technology in classrooms have gotten more advanced. I began kindergarten in the year 2001, where classrooms were not filled with technology. As I got further into elementary school, SMART Boards started to make their appearance. Now, almost every school district has chromebooks available for their students and technology innovation or collaboration rooms. By the year 2020, our students will have grown up with these technological skills and we should be using that as an asset. Even students think the technology is beneficial (link to video).

In the next few years, our students are also going to gain a voice and choices in the matter of their education. Many students are active voices in their school community. They really have an 'app' for everything. The article stated, "They're launching a mobile app to give kids nutritional info, see the day's menu, and give feedback on what they're served" (Cole, 2015).
I think it is also a great tool that schools are planning to get students ready for the workforce. It can be extremely difficult for students to try and pay for college or even find a job after high school/college. With more student debt rates, a lot of people are opting to start working right after they graduate high school.
Here's a chart showing the student debt rate in the US
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