Public school looks much like it has for many years, even though the students themselves and the world that awaits them have changed tremendously. In the past a student who struggled in school became the blue collar worker who would be trained on the job. Now, few jobs that will sucesssfully support a family require only a high school education, and employment available without a diploma merely leads to a future in poverty. Even so, schools have yet to change significantly. The colossal public school mechanism takes time to change direction and philosophies of public education. Can web-based technologies play a role in helping this change happen by providing 21st century learning opportunities, anytime from anywhere?
Each year a non-profit group called Project Tomorrow gives a survey about education and learning to students, parents, teachers, and administrators. This video illustrates a few of the responses from the 2009 survey released in March 2010. The survey is available at http://www.tomorrow.org/speakup/pdfs/SU09NationalFindingsStudents&Parents.pdf
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