The World is Flat: Implications for our students, staff and schools'

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The World is FlatImplications for our
students, staff and schools.

• Robert E. Leiby

Manchester-Shortsville Central School District
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Will we stay rooted in the past or create the
dreams of tomorrow?
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So.. Whats this all about?
Simply How we can meet the needs of our
students in a world of high velocity change?
Its about LEADERSHIP, not nice-to-know facts.
ITS ABOUT WHAT THE FACTS TELL US
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Running with Gazelles, Eating with Lions
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African Proverb
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• Every morning in Africa,a gazelle wakes up.It
  knows it must run faster then the fasted lion or
  it will be killed.Every morning a lion wakes
  up.It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle
  or it will starve to death.It doesnt matter
  whether you are a lion or a gazelle.When the sun
  comes up, you better start running.

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How the World Became Flat

• The 10 Forces That Flattened the World

The World is Flat A Brief History of the 21st
Century Thomas L. Friedman
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• Flattener 1 11/9/89When the Walls Came Down
  and the Windows Went Up
• Flattener 2 8/9/95When Netscape Went Public
• Flattener 3 Work Flow Software Lets Do Lunch
  Have Your Application Talk to My Application
• Flattener 4 Open-Sourcing
• Flattener 5 Outsourcing Y2K

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• Flattener 6 OffshoringRunning with
  Gazelles,Eating with Lions
• Flattener 7 Supply-ChainingEating Sushi in
  Arkansas
• Flattener 8 InsourcingWhat the Guys in Funny
  Brown Shorts are Really Doing
• Flattener 9 Informing Google, Yahoo!, MSN Web
  Search and Virtual
• Flattener 10 The Steroids, Digital, Mobile,
  Personal, Virtual

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80 of the jobs today's kindergartners will have
in the future dont yet exist.

• The average kindergartner today will have four
  different careers and nine jobs.

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• The number of jobs that require engineering
  skills in the U.S. labor force is growing by
  nearly 5 per year.

The remainder of the labor force is growing at
just over 1 per year.
National Science Board 2004, The World is Flat
A Brief History of the 21st Century, Thomas L.
Friedman
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More than 50 of the current science and
engineering workforce is nearing retirement.
Tapping Americas Potential The Education for
Innovation Initiative, US Chamber of Commerce
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By 2010 if the current trend continues more
than 90 of all scientists and engineers in the
world will be living in Asia.
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The number of Americans 18 to 24 years old who
receive science degrees has fallen to 17th in the
world.
Three decades ago we ranked 3rd.
National Science Board 2004, The World is Flat
A Brief History of the 21st Century, Thomas L.
Friedman
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U.S. 4th graders score well against international
competition.
However
By 12th grade they fall near the bottom or dead
last in mathematics and science, respectively.
National Science Board 2004, The World is Flat
A Brief History of the 21st Century, Thomas L.
Friedman
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Growth (Nationally) between 2002 and 2012.
Education Health Services23.8
Retail Trade9.6
Leisure Hospitality Services9.9
Professional, Scientific, Technical Business
Services22.5
The Future Small Business Workforce, Bruce D.
Phillips, Business Economics, October 2004
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• Emerging 21st Century Occupations

Futuring Manager Reality Manager Web
Cataloger Broadband Architect Technology
Recycler Geriatric Food Designer Tissue
Engineer Artificial Intelligence Tech Retirement
Counselor Fusion Engineer
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Whos Ready for College?

• More than 600,000 of the freshman who arrived at
  the US colleges this fall 29 of the total
  are taking at least one remedial reading,
  writing, or math class. Taxpayers spend
  approximately 1 billion a year on those classes.
• Students ages 22 and older account for 43 of
  those in remedial classrooms.

Ed Barlow, Futurist, Preparing the Finger Lakes
Community for the 21st Century Economy.
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College Bound

• Currently only 32 of high school students are
  planning to enter associate degree programs or
  advanced training, but 65 of jobs require this
  level of education preparation

Ed Barlow, Futurist, Preparing the Finger Lakes
Community for the 21st Century Economy.
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Think beyond your experience, plan beyond your
tenure.
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Academic Success

• Awareness

Analysis

Application

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It doesnt matter whether you are a lion or a
gazelle. When the sun comes up, you better start
running.
Manchester-Shortsville Central School District