I enjoyed reading the article presented by Friedman, there are some great points throughout the article and message.
The first thing that needs to take place is pretty obvious, as a country the emphasis that we place on education needs to be escalated to newer levels and heights. Education needs to be a “WE” not “ME” thought process that everyone from administrators, to teachers, to students, to community members, leaders in the business world, everyone needs to step up their game, and make this about “US” and find a way to lend a hand in education and STEM education. There are jobs right now in the future that we don’t even know what they will be about, but they will incorporate the use of technology, and as educators we need to find ways to apply technology and real-world applications in the classroom to better prepare our students for these types of jobs. Applying those types of real-world applications will allow science to cross into other curricular areas of reading, writing, math, social studies, and technology that will create the types of students (I mean leaders or employees) we are looking for in the 21st century.
