Educating for a Global Economy

Preparing feature leaders for a Global Economy is exactly what Fairfax County Public Schools are up to! Upon clicking on the schools web link: http://www.fcps.edu/index.shtml, view the video located at the upper right hand corner of the school's web page, and you're sure to watch in amazement at the schools foreign language program.

What's most intriguing is unlike past one year - two year required foreign language courses, this new foreign language model for schools is implemented from 1st through 12th grade! Insuring marketable foreign language skills, upon completion of high school.

Enjoy the video, and remember to have your child select a language to learn, grow and enjoy.

We'd love for our blog parents to do their part to create citizens of the world, and spread the word! bwrightparents.

Is your child’s school stifling innovation?

According to Sir Ken Robinson, Ph.D, schools worldwide are failing to cultivate a child’s natural insightfulness and talent. The reason for such a linear approach to education, is do the fact that current educational paradigms are industrial, and we are now living in an information age, with an uncertain future.

Sir Robinson notes that the waste of talent by our educational institutions isn't deliberate, rather it is systematic. As we merge towards globalization in the market place, this is indeed a dreadful and insightful prospective. Hampering a child’s natural borne innovation creates an environment of standardization, as demonstrated by the current model. As a result, Sir Robinson notes that a “revolution” in the culture of education is needed. A strategy likely to benefit all parties according to Sir Robinson is not to standardize education, but to personalize and customize it to the needs of each child and community.

Via our blog, we urge you to become vocal about your educational experience to effect change. If you're not much into blogging try conversing with a friend, at your place of worship, or with family members. The challenges we face today, and how we overcome them, are co-dependent upon the relevant capabilities of insight, creativity and innovation, and we need our educational institutions to prepare students to meet the demands of these challenges. Continued stagnation will have negative implications for all future generations, so there is no time to waste . . .start blogging/talking. bwrightparents