It's a topic we have to continue to discuss.  It's a changing dynamic and I continue to strive to understand.  Here are some of my latest ideas:

A recent thought was about how we need to rethink preparing students for the working world.  I read a Denver Post article by Dave Maney and was intrigued by what this economist had to say about the middle class.  He asserted that our middle class has a very large number of middle managers and factory workers whose work in many respects is "middle man" labor.  The Internet has cut out the middle man and is wreaking havoc on our traditional views on the economy.  Dave suggests retraining of the middle class to be able to deal with this reality.

It made me think (and send him an email, only get invited to coffee after learning his kids attend LPS ;-) about the fundamentals we are training.  Yes, yes... I know we have new Standards, but what I'm thinking about is going deeper.  I worry that, in our time of concern, too many are looking backwards; calling this a "Sputnik moment" and resorting to the age-old effort of standardization and rigorous assessment with consequences for failure to comply...

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