My Happy Valley Blog

Alan November’s podcast discusses his presentation on “Preparing Students To Succeed In a Global Economy”. Mr. November makes some interesting points; many of which are shared by others, when it comes to how we are (or aren’t) preparing our students for the 21st century. However, we also know that change doesn’t occur over night and some of us believe that necessity is the mother of invention. (Or as Plato said – Necessity, who is the mother of invention.) So maybe it is the optimist in me, but I like to think we are seeing evidence of change starting to occur and that it will not only continue, but at a faster pace. More importantly as our students are faced with the necessity of being more globally aware and technically advanced, there will be many who will rise to and meet the challenge.