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TWO MILLION MINUTES A School-Community Discussion

TWO MILLION MINUTES A School-Community Discussion. FOUNDATIONAL BELIEFS. The purpose of education is to prepare students to be: Successful learners in postsecondary education Responsible citizens Productive members of a global economy. FOUNDATIONAL BELIEFS.

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TWO MILLION MINUTES A School-Community Discussion

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  1. TWO MILLION MINUTESA School-Community Discussion

  2. FOUNDATIONAL BELIEFS • The purpose of education is to prepare students to be: • Successful learners in postsecondary education • Responsible citizens • Productive members of a global economy

  3. FOUNDATIONAL BELIEFS • Schools: • Are capable of changing. • Must change on a regular basis if they are going to prepare students for success in an ever-changing society.

  4. FOUNDATIONAL BELIEFS • Teachers: • Care about their students • Want their students to achieve at a high level

  5. FOUNDATIONAL BELIEFS • Parents: • Care about their children. • Want their children to achieve at a high level.

  6. FOUNDATIONAL BELIEFS • Community members: • Care about the community’s children. • Want the community’s children to achieve at a high level.

  7. Global Economy  Outsourcing

  8. Two Types of Jobs • Low-skill, repetitive • 2. High skill, inventive

  9. WORKFORCEOutsourcing Outsourcing occurs when a firm subcontracts a business function to an outside supplier. Worker Availability Worker Wage Requirements Worker Education

  10. Worker Availability and Wage Requirements

  11. LOW-SKILL WORKFORCEManufacturing

  12. HIGH-SKILL WORKFORCEComputer Programmer

  13. Worker Education

  14. EDUCATION SYSTEMSContent

  15. EDUCATION SYSTEMSStudent Tasks

  16. If you were the CEO, where would send your company’s work?

  17. IF YOU WERE THE C.E.O., where would you send your LOW-skills jobs? X

  18. IF YOU WERE THE C.E.O., where would you send your HIGH-skills jobs? ?

  19. WORKFORCEOutsourcing Outsourcing occurs when a firm subcontracts a business function to an outside supplier.

  20. WORKFORCEOutsourcing • The reduction of communication costs and the standardization of software packages have now made it possible to easily outsource: • Customer services • Telemarketing • Document management • Medical transcription • Tax preparation • Financial services

  21. WORKFORCEOutsourcing WHAT CEO’S SAY: Everything you can send down a wire is up for grabs. Nandan Nilekani, CEO, Infosys Technologies, India There is no job that is America’s God-given right anymore. Carly Fiorina, Former CEO, Hewlett-Packard, U.S.A.

  22. Why did Robert Compton make this film?

  23. TWO MILLION MINUTESRobert Compton • Today’s technology allows companies to send high-wage work all over the world. • Companies send jobs to countries where workers: •  Are highly educated •  Can use skills to master complex, technical, and growing fields •  Know how to learn •  Can adapt to change •  Work at the most efficient cost

  24. ROBERT COMPTON • Investments in India and China. • Very impressed with Indian and Chinese workers • Visited the schools where they were educated • Shocked “Global education standards have passed us by. We are being passed by in the two largest countries with the two fastest growing economies in the world . . . India and China.”

  25. What will you see in this film?

  26. SOLUTIONS

  27. TWO MILLION MINUTESExperts Higher Education Policy Makers Government Agencies High-Tech Companies Non-Profit Organizations

  28. TWO MILLION MINUTESData 1 4 2 19 13 5 68 2 7 8 9 3 How do students spend their time? What do they learn?

  29. TWO MILLION MINUTESStudents India China United States

  30. High Schools in the Film * 1/3 of all schools in India are for-profit

  31. Colleges in the Film - Competitiveness

  32. Listen for these remarks:

  33. 2MM Remark Two Million Minutes 2007

  34. 2MM Remark VivedWadhwa Executive in Residence Duke University 2007

  35. 2MM Remark Shirley Ann Jackson Former Chairman U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 2007

  36. TWO MILLION MINUTESScouting the Competition

  37. TWO MILLION MINUTES

  38. GUIDED DISCUSSION

  39. PARENT REALITY What do parents in India and China believe their children deserve? “Our children deserve . . .”

  40. From the perspective of Indian and Chinese parents: Our children deserve:

  41. PARENT REALITY What do parents in the U.S. believe their children deserve? “Our children deserve . . .”

  42. From the perspective of U.S. parents: Our children deserve:

  43. EDUCATION REALITY What challenges do U.S. teachers face when trying to educate students at a rigorous level?

  44. Challenges faced by U.S. teachers:

  45. ECONOMIC REALITY Does it matter to a global employer if an applicant comes from a country that educates all students?

  46. ECONOMIC REALITY Does it matter to a global employer if an applicant spent 20 hours a week on a hobby during high school?

  47. ECONOMIC REALITY Does the degree to which the citizens of an applicant’s country are hungry to improve their standard of living matter to a global employer?

  48. ECONOMIC REALITYWhat does ready mean in a global economy?

  49. COLLEGE REALITYWhat do colleges evaluate?

  50. THE BOTTOM LINE • If we •  care about our students, •  understand global economics, • we can no longer do business as usual. • We must •  do whatever it takes • to help all students learn at a globally competitive standard.

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