| Futurists predict that our youth will be unprepared | | | | Create Success is one program being used at |
| in science and math to compete successfully in | | | | Children of the City that is constantly being |
| the global economy by 2010 unless we make | | | | evaluated for needs and even better success. It |
| drastic changes to public education today. | | | | is fast becoming a model sought after by other |
| This is just one of the reasons why today's | | | | agencies. |
| schools are implementing instructional coaches in | | | | High priority is placed on student's academic |
| the classroom, one of the fastest growing trends | | | | success with intense tutoring and daily personal |
| in education. The reason is because schools are | | | | homework help. They also provide students with |
| faced with greater accountability than ever before | | | | counseling, and advocacy within the social |
| and many school districts are seeking new | | | | systems such as courts, plus age-appropriate |
| methods of supporting professional development | | | | group and individual mentoring. |
| among teachers to strengthen teaching practice | | | | Trends will shape the future of educators and |
| and improve student learning. | | | | students globally. The future of America's |
| Districts are using coaches to help implement | | | | education system, for example, according to |
| reform and focusing on particular critical areas | | | | futurist James Canton, is that "the quality of public |
| such as math, science and reading. These new | | | | education, in crisis today, will either propel or crash |
| methods are intended to support broad | | | | the future aspirations of the American |
| implementation of best practices in classrooms. | | | | workforce." It is also predicted that education is |
| There are other trends in education that have | | | | failing to prepare high-tech workers. |
| started at grass roots level in communities such | | | | There is also a rise in the hispanic population in this |
| as Sunset Park, in Brooklyn, New York. In that | | | | country. Many of the kids in Brooklyn, New York, |
| community alone, more than 15,000 kids drop out | | | | for instance, come from hispanic families who |
| of school every year. | | | | cannot afford help when their kids are not doing |
| One woman named Joyce Mattera founded a | | | | well at school. |
| charity organization called Children of the City in | | | | Thanks to the Internet there is hope for the |
| 1981 to reach out to kids in the community. | | | | future of our education system. By the year |
| Volunteers and began visiting children weekly to | | | | 2040 the Internet should be available to people of |
| assess their needs and invite them to various | | | | all nations. By then futurists like Canton predict |
| community programs, helping them via academic | | | | immediate, portable, transferable, in-demand |
| support, life skills training and family counseling. | | | | knowledge sources on a scale equivalnet to the |
| Board members have helped the organization | | | | Library of Congress. It's eighth among the top ten |
| raise funds for this last year's Christmas gifts for | | | | trends of the new innovation economy. |
| more than 800 children. | | | | |