The Oregon School Boards Association has not gotten the
message that the world is changing. 
Or they are in a denial stage. China’s
economy will be twice as big as the US economy (with a military to match) in
the prime years of the students they are educating today. That’s not on their
agenda. Eighty percent of global economic growth in the decades ahead will be
in emerging markets. That’s not on their agenda either. One wonders if they
even think about the world they are educating our students for and how
different it will be.
Why do I say this? Because the Oregon School Boards
Association is holding its 63rd annual convention November 12-15 in
Portland, and, of the 58 workshops scheduled, not one is
about the rise of
China, the changing global economy, the need to invigorate foreign language
programs (especially Mandarin), nor the need to create a Go Global High School Study Abroad Program. They
seem to be living in an educational echo chamber that does not let real life in. Just take a look at their schedule
(here).
To their credit, they do have one workshop on “Online
education: policy and practice.” That’s one out 
of fifty-eight workshops on a
topic that, IMHO, could save them lots of money on serving some students that they could
reallocate to others. If they would only pursue online education aggressively.
Unless the Oregon School Boards Association ups its game,
Oregon students will be left in the dust of the global economy.
Maybe next year.
The Oregon School Boards Association has not gotten the message that the world is changing. OsbaOr they are in a denial stage. China’s economy will be twice as big as the US economy (with a military to match) in the prime years of the students they are educating today. That’s not on their agenda. Eighty percent of global economic growth i
Posted by: Pandora Bracelets | May 03, 2011 at 06:39 PM
g some students that they could reallocate to others. If they would only pursue online education aggressively.
Posted by: christian louboutin | May 03, 2011 at 06:40 PM
lobal economic growth in the decades ahead will be in emerging markets. That’s not on their agenda either. One wonders if they even think a
Posted by: louboutin | May 03, 2011 at 06:41 PM
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Posted by: Pandora Charms | May 03, 2011 at 06:42 PM